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Lavandia reclaims gold in world meet

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ERLINDA Lavandia hurled the spear at a longer distance this time, earning her the gold medal on Tuesday in the 60-years-and-above category of women’s javelin throw in the 2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships.

On her third attempt, the 65-year-old Lavandia threw the spear to a distance of 30.58 meters inside the Blue Arc stadium in Daegu, South Korea.

Kyouko Mukai of Japan settled for the silver with a 27.04-meter feat, while Ayush Altantsetseg of Mongolia claimed the bronze (17.69 meters).

Lavandia’s effort bettered her heave of 30.28 meters last year for a silver medal in the 22nd World Masters Athletics Championships in Perth, Australia.

In 2013, Lavandia took her sixth WMA gold medal with her best-ever record of 39.83 meters when the tournament was held in Brazil.

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So far, she now has seven golds and two silver medals.

Lavandia also claimed a silver-medal finish after recording 28.23 meters in the final round way back in 2015.

In other competitions, Julio Bayaban was seventh in the men’s 55-above 200-meter run semifinals, while Salve Bayaban was 12th in the heats of the women’s 50-above 60-meter run. 

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