John Powell - 71.26M (233'9")

One of the greatest

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[70footer]

I was there to see this throw...it was Johns LAST EVER THROW that I know of and it was also his best ever...amazing

[beinfavor11]

you sound like a jealous wanna be. Tell me you're not.

[EndlersaurusRex]

@Wa5ffl3s I have this book which features lifting numbers for both Mac Wilkins and John Powell that were legitimate marks measured at a training camp, not some speculatory marks people throw around. Off the top of my head I can't remember the exact marks, but they were something like:

Bench: MW 405, JP 450

Clean: I don't remember this one, but it was roughly equal between them

Squat: MW 640, JP 550 or something like that

So it's interesting. JP had a stronger upper body than MW, but not legs

[123teal]

@Wa5ffl3s Mac was only 2 inches and 11 pounds heavier than John when they were both at there biggest. So get your facts straight.

But I do think that John Powell was a great thrower and I have a lot of respect for him.

Also Mac is only 3 years younger than Powell so it wasn't that big of an age gap

[xperia69]

@70footer

John had a 72.08 m throw

[throwerfan22]

@colombianosa sorry, I accidentally clicked the "vote down" button! crap, if I could vote this comment up 100X I would...

[throwscoach51]

Mac Wilkens was only 1 inch taller and 20 more pounds than John Powell. I cant speak to the weight lifting numbers of these men, but they had very different styles and were equally successful discus throwers.

[Wa5ffl3s]

@colombianosa

Your obviously someone that Mac trains personally, otherwise you would have NEVER had said that.

John is TINY. 6"3 and weighs no where close to Mac, lifted NO WHERE close to mac, yet he threw just as far and farther until he got old and mac beat him out. Mac was MUCH stronger, john however had far superior technique which allowed him to compete in competitions with those giant 7 ft olympic bastards.

Give respect where respect is due, John Powell is the greatest technition ever.

[aeiou99999]

@TheGrammerNazi It means to throw the disc up high at 6 o'clock and rush to spin your body underneath and then ahead of it. You don't maintain separation from the back of the circle, but catch up and get it later. Puts disc and arm in better position at the very beginning of power but risky and hard to pull off. Btw, I don't think Powell is doing much of that here! Note his discus never gets ahead of his right hip.

[TheGrammerNazi]

@SuperOlds88 What do you mean by using the discus to help you turn out of the back of the ring? Could you explain that a little bit more?

[MrHav1k]

My jaw is literally on the ground.