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Seven individual gold medallists from last year’s Olympics will light up the Ooredoo Doha Meeting.

Czech javelin legend Jan Zelezny (© Getty Images) Javelin specifications had been amended from the start of April 1986, changes which had been in the offing for several years in response to massive throws in the men’s event and safety concerns. A turbulent decade followed which saw more rule modifications and no less than 13 world records ratified. However, the upheavals to the record books came abruptly to an end when Czech javelin legend Jan Zelezny launched his implement out to 98.48m in ...