Croydon Harrier Lawrence Okoye has qualified for the discus final at the World Junior Athletics Championships.
The 18 year-old threw 59.56m in discus this afternoon’s qualifying session to finish third and claim one of three automatic qualifying spots in his qualifying group.
Okoye’s longest throw came on his final attempt having been in sixth place following 57.24m in the first round and a no-throw in the second.
Overall, he qualified in fifth place for the final which begins at 7.30pm tomorrow night.
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