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Exhaustion has forced Jacko Gill out of the Millennium Shot Put competition.
The final meet is being held on the North Shore tomorrow evening.
The 17-year-old Takapuna athlete says his efforts over the past two weeks including qualifying for the London Olympic Games, breaking his own World Youth record and becoming the 2nd best ever junior in the world have taken quite a physical and mental toll on him.
He says he is feeling tired and not up to performing at his best in another competition.
The competition will now focus on a group of talented juniors, lead by Tomas Walsh from Timaru, who has been throwing in Jacko's shadow for the past two years.
Walsh, who has a best of 18.83 metres with the senior 7.26kg shot and 20.56 metres with the junior 6.00kg implement, will be hoping to improve his best with the latter and try to lift his current No. 5 world junior ranking.
New Zealand Secondary Schools champion Marcus Hayward from the Hauraki Plains and New Plymouth youngster Kyle Van Der Merwe will be out to improve on their bests set in recent weeks.
The competition starts at 5.00pm.
