{"id":109367,"date":"2021-07-31T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T14:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=109367"},"modified":"2021-07-31T14:56:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T14:56:41","slug":"heartbreak-as-aussie-misses-medal-by-just-5cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=109367","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreak as Aussie misses medal by just 5cm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia's Matthew Denny has come agonisingly close to a medal in the discus, before ultimately settling for fourth place at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old threw a personal best of 67.02m, just five centimetres short of a bronze medal.<\/p>\n

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Sweden's Daniel Stahl took the gold with a throw of 68.90 from countryman Simon Pettersson (67.39) and Austria's Lukas Weisshaidinger (67.07).<\/p>\n

"I have never thrown that far in training, so I'll put that out there," Denny said.<\/p>\n

"To be so close to making so much history really hurts. But it was fun.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

"I hit it and I knew it was good. I knew it was better. To know I was just off and see that four – fourth sucks. It was less than a beer can. I definitely need a gin or two after this."<\/p>\n

While Denny might have been disappointed by fourth, it represents the best finish ever by an Australian male at the Olympics in discus.<\/p>\n

And it's a result that gives him a lot of confidence for the future.<\/p>\n

"All these boys are so much bigger than me," he said.<\/p>\n

"When I was younger, 19 and 20, going over there, I felt smaller than them. Now, when I saw everyone and I started the competition yesterday, I didn't feel that anymore.<\/p>\n

"I have always felt I belonged but now it was like, we're on."<\/p>\n

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