21.   The Braves said they would invite Zelezny to spring training next year, and the javelin thrower plans to be there.

22.   The list also includes British three-time Olympic rowing gold medalist Matthew Pinsent, nominated to replace Czech javelin thrower Jan Zelezny.

23.   There remains a perception that millionaire professionals are out of place among wrestlers, javelin throwers and water polo players.

24.   Think about it, a javelin thrower pulls his arm back three-fourths of the way just like a pitcher.

25.   Zelezny cemented his status as the greatest javelin thrower ever by edging defending champion Aki Parviainen of Finland, while Konstadinos Gatsioudis of Greece took bronze.

26.   British athletics was immersed in a new scandal on Sunday, when javelin thrower Colin McKenzie admitted to having failed a drugs test.

27.   Javelin thrower Colin Mackenzie, the seventh British athlete to fail a drugs test this summer, protested his innocence Sunday.