Germany also took gold in the women's javelin, Linda Stahl throwing a personal best of 66.81m, with Olympic bronze medallist Christina Obergfoll taking silver and Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic bronze.

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Their field games throwing chair for the discus, shotput, and javelin has a better base and stability for these activities.

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