Vantaa, Finland 20/06/2000

Tonight in the "Golden Javelin" event in Vantaa, Finland's Aki Parviainen
the current World Javelin Champion threw a new world leading mark of 90.80
metres in the third round to win the event. The previous season's best of
90.59 metres was set by Jan Zelezny in Pretoria on 24th March.

In second place with 87.93 metres was Konstadinos Gatsioudis of Greece, the
world championship silver medallist who had beaten Parviainen in their
first encounter of the season last week in the Ericsson Grand Prix in
Helsinki.

In third place was Patrik Boden of Sweden with a throw of 83.76 metres.

The city of Vantaa is one of two smaller cities, the other's being Espoo,
which combined with the Finnish capital city of Helsinki, make up the
larger metropolitan area of Helsinki. The Golden javelin event was held in
Vantaa's large football stadium.

RESULTS -
Golden Javelin
Vantaa, Finland 20 June 2000
Silva Stadium (Football Stadium, Mondo runway)

1. Aki Parviainen       Finland    90.80 WORLD LEADER 2000
   X  87.15  90.80  86.23  X  82.57
2. Kostas Gatsioudis    Greece     87.93
   86.57  87.93  X  86.42  X  X
3. Patrik Bodén         Sweden     83.76
   83.76  82.60  X  X  80.33  X
4. Juha Laukkanen       Finland    81.19
   81.19  X  X  X  X  X
5. Harri Haatainen      Finland    80.51
6. Boris Henry          Germany    79.72
7. Peter Blank          Germany    78.09
8. Tom Pukstys          USA        77.97
   Raymond Hecht        Germany    NM (injured on first throw)

ENDS.