Antti Ruuskanen of Finland competes in men's javelin throw final during the European Athletics Championships at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich August 17, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Finland’s new European champion Antti Ruuskanen defeated a classy men’s javelin field including the other two Zurich medallists and the 2014 world leader at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Thursday.
On a difficult evening for the athletes with frigid conditions and shifting winds followed by light rain towards the end of the meeting, at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic stadium, Ruuskanen won with his second throw of 87.24 metres.
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