UPDATED: 835am – Walsh who won the world championship title in London last month has finished sixth at the Diamond League finals in Belgium.
He threw 21.38 metres, but finished almost a metre behind American Darrell Hill who threw 22.4 metres…. a metre more than his previous best.
“Really annoyed with myself for not being able to focused and do what I needed to do…today I was just trying too hard and I know when I try to hard it just doesn’t work.”
“I was trying to throw far rather than just letting it happen and that doesn’t work but it does give a kick up the arse (and) does motivate me for next year but I am really disappointed with the way I finished.”
Walsh will now return home and take six weeks off altogether from training to concentrate on building his house in Christchurch.
-RNZ