Scene: The New Zealand Secondary School's Athletic Champs - the shot put circle.
The Protagonist: Jacko Gill
The narrative: Putting the shot ....second put 23.27m (world record under 18) ......... next put 23.57m (world record again) ............ next put 23.86m (world record again). Jaw dropping stuff.
Watch it for yourself here!
It was a superb performance at a superbly run athletics meeting.
The New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships is without a doubt the best show in town when it comes to track and field in this country.
The crowd witnessed two days jammed packed with the action of some of the finest young athletic talent in Aoteoroa.
The performance by 15 year-old Gill with the 5 kg shot could quite possibly be the furthest a shot has ever been thrown in an official competition.
The men's world record (7.25 kg shot) is 23.12m by the drug discredited Randy Barnes.
The women's world record (4 kg shot) is 22.63m in 1987 (and the bad smell of drugs hangs around that one!)
Read more on Gill's throw....
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