Haruka Kitaguchi has become the first Japanese athlete to win a Diamond League overall crown when she took the women's javelin on Saturday with a 63.78-meter throw, her fourth win of the season and sixth overall on the circuit.
Haruka Kitaguchi captures her first world javelin throw title, making her only the third Japanese woman to win a gold medal in the history of the world athletics championships.
Haruka Kitaguchi wins bronze in the women s javelin at the world athletics championships, becoming the first Japanese woman to medal in a throwing event at either the worlds or the Olympics