Fanny Roos Reflects on Stable Season Without a Full Hit

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Fanny Roos Reflects on Stable Season Without a Full Hit
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Stable season but no full hit. Fanny Roos believes anyway that she is on the right track. I just have to continue in the same way as we have done this year, says the shot putter after the fifth place in the Tokyo World Championship.

Since the move to Malmö and coach Staffan Jönsson, development has taken off. After a bit of struggling in several different areas, the gang in Skåne has chosen to focus on a few details to achieve continuity.

A decision that has shown good results this season.

Fanny Roos has had a stability that has given throws between 19 and 19.50 meters - with the Swedish record of 19.66 as the real full hit.

This season has been good, but what has been missing is a full hit, she says.

No full hit in Tokyo

There was no full hit in the World Championship final at the National Arena in Tokyo either.

The 30-year-old started with 19.33 meters and increased in the sixth and final round to 19.54. A length that eventually gave a fifth place - the best career placement in the World Championship outdoors.

19.54 is my third best throw ever and absolutely the longest I have thrown in a championship, and to get it in the World Championship, I am satisfied with, she says.

I was probably ranked eighth or ninth on the yearly best list before, so it's a good placement.

Together, it becomes parts that Fanny Roos sees as positive details and something that shows that she, together with Jönsson, has found the right way forward.

And that the performance will become even better over time.

This season has been very stable, but it's a full hit that's missing, and to get that, I just have to continue on the same path as we have done this year and get better at it, get more pressure in it, she says.

Lennman last in the final

Compatriot Sara Lennman, 29, advanced as the last shot putter from the qualifying round - but then only got to make three throws in the final. Her 17.18 was followed by two straight fouls before it was time to start packing her bag.

I had to challenge myself, dig deep and see what I had left in my mind since this morning. It takes quite a lot to challenge these top girls, she says.

I won a final spot today, I'm really happy about that.

Dutch Jessica Schilder threw 20.29 in the final round, moved up to the top and won the World Championship gold in the end. The World Champion from 2023 Chase Jackson, USA, became second and Maddison-Lee Wesche, New Zealand, third.

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