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Britain's Dan Pembroke won a gold medal last night and gave himself an early birthday present by adding the world javelin title to his Paralympic crown at the Para Athletics World Championships in Paris.

Dan, set an F13 European record of 70.50m. It's a double celebration as it's Dan's 32nd birthday today πŸ₯³πŸ₯‡

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πŸ“·Β British AthleticsΒ wrote;

Dan Pembroke. Throwing in just his fourth competition of the year, the reigning Paralympic and European champion lined up in against stiff competition in the F13 javelin, with six of the thirteen in the field holding personal bests in excess of 60m.

Showing no signs of competition rust, however, Pembroke produced a season’s best of 65.97m with his opener to immediately put the rest of the field under pressure in needing to chase.

He went even bigger with his second throw, knowing he’d done so as he turned away arms aloft, with the throw registering as a huge European record of 70.50m. Truly a cut above on the day, Pembroke went out to 66.85m in round three, with his lead established as close to ten metres at the half-way stage of the competition.

Finding 66.27m before opting to pass his fifth attempt, Pembroke finished up with 63.54m, his winning margin come the end of the competition some seven metres.

Coming as something of an early birthday present ahead of turning 32 tomorrow (Sunday 16th), Pembroke spoke on the medal and record, saying:Β 

β€œπ‘°π’•β€™π’” π’Šπ’π’„π’“π’†π’…π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’† – π‘°β€™π’Ž π’•π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒔 π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• π’π’π’˜ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’”π’†π’†π’Žπ’” 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•.

β€œπ‘°β€™π’Ž π’”π’•π’‚π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’†π’•π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’ˆπ’†π’•π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐, 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆. π‘―π’π’‘π’†π’‡π’–π’π’π’š 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’•π’Šπ’„π’Œ 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’Šπ’ˆ 𝒐𝒏𝒆: π’•π’“π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’†π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’π’“π’π’… 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅. β€œπ‘»π’‰π’† π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’†π’•π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ π’˜π’‚π’” π’“π’†π’‚π’π’π’š π’π’π’π’ˆ – π’Šπ’• π’•π’π’π’Œ 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’•π’˜π’ 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 π’Šπ’•β€™π’” 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’π’•π’‚π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’‚π’…π’“π’†π’π’‚π’π’Šπ’π’† 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’š π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰. 𝑰 π’ˆπ’π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’‚π’“π’Œ π’Šπ’ 𝒐𝒇 70.50π’Ž 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 π’…π’Šπ’…π’β€™π’• 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’“π’†π’‚π’π’Šπ’”π’† π’Šπ’• 𝒉𝒂𝒅 π’ˆπ’π’π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒓 – π’Šπ’• 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒐 π’†π’‚π’”π’š, 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 π’“π’†π’‚π’π’π’š 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’Šπ’ π’Žπ’†. π‘―π’π’‘π’†π’‡π’–π’π’π’š π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒂 π’π’Šπ’•π’•π’π’† π’ƒπ’Šπ’• 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’†π’•π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘·π’‚π’“π’‚π’π’šπ’Žπ’‘π’Šπ’„π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’ˆπ’†π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’π’“π’π’… 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅. 𝑰 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 π’„π’“π’‚π’„π’Œπ’†π’… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’‰π’π’˜ 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 π’•π’“π’‚π’Šπ’ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’˜π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’“, 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 π’„π’π’π’‡π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’• π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’π’•π’ 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“,” 𝑢𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’“π’•π’‚π’π’„π’† 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 π’…π’Šπ’“π’†π’„π’•π’π’š 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 π’‰π’Šπ’Ž, π‘·π’†π’Žπ’ƒπ’“π’π’Œπ’† 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅: β€œπ‘΄π’š 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 π’“π’†π’‚π’π’π’š π’Œπ’†π’†π’ π’†π’šπ’† – π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕, 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒏 – 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒔 π’π’Šπ’•π’•π’π’† π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’Šπ’ π’Žπ’š 𝒓𝒖𝒏-𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’•π’†π’„π’‰π’π’Šπ’„π’‚π’ 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕. 𝑺𝒐 π’•π’‰π’‚π’π’Œ π’šπ’π’– π’—π’†π’“π’š π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰ 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 π’•π’†π’‚π’Ž π’Šπ’ π‘³π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’ƒπ’π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰, π’Žπ’š π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‡π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’π’š – π’•π’‰π’‚π’π’Œ π’šπ’π’– 𝒔𝒐 π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰.”

Hereford VoiceΒ -Β CongratulationsΒ Dan well deserved, Happy birthday! Relax and enjoy this double celebration πŸ₯³πŸ₯‡

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