The finalists for World Athletics' Field Athlete of the Year were announced earlier this week, and I'm scratching my head a bit. Let's discuss.

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Alex Rose made his first global championship in 2013. Alex Rose made his first global final in 2022. Alex Rose won his first global medal in 2025. In those 12 years, there were times he was close to retirement, especially when he picked up a full-time job in 2018 and couldn't see a way to balance his two careers. But he stayed the course, getting closer and closer to this ultimate goal in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Coming back from a knee surgery last fall, this season wasn't supposed to be anything special. And then he got the World standard in July. And then he had one of the best training blocks of his life leading into the World Championships. And then he threw 65 meters in qualifying. And then, in a rainy, dangerous, random World final, he threw 66.96 meters in Round 5. He won Samoa's first ever global medal in track and field, reaching a global podium that seemed out of reach for so long.

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I. Love. Worlds. Hopped on the mic with my guy, Beau Throws, once again to spend damn near three hours breaking down everything that made Tokyo amazing. Strap in, because we've got A LOT to cover.

0:00 - Intro

4:27 - Men's Shot Put

23:30 - Women's Discus

37:07 - Women's Hammer

55:40 - Men's Hammer

1:10:22 - Men's Javelin

1:30:39 - Women's Shot Put

1:42:41 - Women's Javelin

2:00:30 - Men's Discus

2:27:37 - Awards

2:36:23 - Outro

VALARIE ALLMAN INTERVIEW - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FiYnbpQ8RFoxr7wZ1PKAU?si=X3IMKkdvQ7yIz3utFPwMvg

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Hey guys, this men's hammer final lived up to the hype! Hell yeah!Interviews: https://youtu.be/tpLdYHcbF-s?si=qWnyk2x9CD_AfN5UInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauliethrows/Twitter: https://x.com/phofmahoneySpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FKLGcxqolpBloTohexHG5?si=026b2fdd0d424223Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paulie-throws-podcast/id1829786766

Day 3 is in the bin, and we've got some hammer comps to chat about!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauliethrows/Twitter: https://x.com/phofmahoneySpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FKLGcxqolpBloTohexHG5?si=026b2fdd0d424223Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paulie-throws-podcast/id1829786766

Zeb Sion has been in the coaching game since 2007, with stops at Idaho State, Chicago, Wake Forest, Stanford and Texas. Along with his collegiate work, he also has coached his fiancée, Valarie Allman, to a pair of Olympic titles. Sunday night in Tokyo, Allman and Sion finally added an elusive World gold medal to their trophy case after Allman's 69.48m fifth-round bomb. Sion breaks down all the emotions and tension of this competition, gives training and technical insights to one of the best throwers we've ever seen, and reflect on the end of a nearly two-decade stint coaching in the NCAA.Huge thanks to ASICS and CITIUS MAG for helping to set this up!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauliethrows/Twitter: https://x.com/phofmahoneySpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FKLGcxqolpBloTohexHG5?si=026b2fdd0d424223Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paulie-throws-podcast/id1829786766Thumbnail Photo Credits: Johnny Zhang

We've got hammer qualification, we've got a discus final, we've got THROWS TO TALK ABOUT, SO LET'S DO IT!Morning Interviews: https://youtu.be/DptNXGqQHAoEvening Interviews: https://youtu.be/NK6fcjVNXxcInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauliethrows/Twitter: https://x.com/phofmahoneySpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FKLGcxqolpBloTohexHG5?si=026b2fdd0d424223Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paulie-throws-podcast/id1829786766

HEY EVERYONE! WORLDS IS HAPPENING! LET'S TALK ABOUT IT! WOOOOOOO!Morning Interviews: https://youtu.be/HYXYjLp_UU0Evening Interviews: https://youtu.be/TUVj4ub-n8kInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauliethrows/Twitter: https://x.com/phofmahoneySpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FKLGcxqolpBloTohexHG5?si=026b2fdd0d424223Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paulie-throws-podcast/id1829786766

It’s about time for eight World Champions to be crowned, which means I had to hop on a call with my guy, Beau Throws, to break down all the biggest storylines of next week’s meet and make some (potentially ill-fated) picks. Let’s get into it!Intro - 0:00Men’s Shot Put - 2:09Women’s Discus - 18:40Women’s Hammer - 32:17Men’s Hammer - 42:25Men’s Javelin - 57:23Women’s Shot Put - 1:11:45Women’s Javelin - 1:25:51Men’s Discus - 1:41:47Outro - 1:58:54Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauliethrows/

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Zurich was awesome! But now, it's time for the BIG DOGS TO EAT IN TOKYOOOOOOO!

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