Cypriot athlete Apostolos Parellis ranked 6th in the final competion of men’s discus throw, at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing.
With his best throw at 64.55m., Parellis took the 6th place, just 63 centimeters (65.18m.) behind the bronze winner Robert Urbanek from Poland. Polish Piotr Malachowski won the first place tossing the discus out to 67.40m. and Belgian Philip Milanov ranked second with 66.90m.
Parellis began his efforts with 63.20m., followed by his best throw at 64.55m. and completed the first half with 63.63m. He continued with 63.46m., 64.39m. and finally 62.66m
“Sixth best athlete in the world! Not bad! I thank everyone for their support. Now it`s time for holidays,” Parellis wrote on his Facebook page, shortly after the end of the competition.
The Cypriot athlete will rest for a few weeks, after a long season that began in January, and will then start preparing for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
