Who you got in NZealand shot put showdown - Gill or Walsh?

Walsh. Seeing the kind of shape he is at the moment I cannot see Gill beat him. I also like Gill's videos but I always wonder when one of his knees is going to give in. His strength is incredible though, especially for his age.

I also heard something a little groin injury on Gill's side. It might just be a niggle but it doesn't help his case. I also heard he was primarily focusing on trying to get the commonwealth b standard (19:75?) atm, so I expect Walsh to win it quite comfortably.

I've got too support Walsh on this one. He's the man in better shape and in since the TAB is finally opening up bets on some athletics events now I've got $20 on him as well.

rojo wrote:

I love Gill's videos. So random and awesome but I gotta go with Walsh. I'm biased as I met him in Poland.

Plus i love how he's got a job and how he sort of came out of nowhere to take the hype away from the child prodigy Gill.

But it's fun.

If I had to put money on it I'd bet on Walsh as he's been competing and launching 70 footers and Gill hasn't opened yet and may have an injury despite what he says that it isn't true.

Gill is the future of the sport though. His most recent training video suggests he has improved a ton. His strength is much improved since his last training video and he was already insane at that point in the SP. I wouldn't be shocked if gill threw only 64 or if he shocked the world with a 74. He's a once in a lifetime talent. He threw a huge wjr (beat his own rec) with the 6k last year at 23m, and threw 66ish in 2011 with the 16lb at age 17.

That said I predict 70 for Walsh and 71 for Gill since I have no money on it.

Say Gill ends up with a 73 this year.

walsh and gill should train together.

that is, if they get along of course.

if gill is healthy, he'll throw a PR, which will be short of walsh who throws 21.2 or something like that.

if gill stays healthy there is no reason why he won't be up to 21 meters in no time, and really, the sky is the limit for him.

walsh too is on the upward trajectory which means the two of them could be on the podium in big meets or even world champs.

Bump for an update

Walsh wins with 20.79m over Gill's 19.93m. Both are good for Commonwealth's.

Nearly 3000 watched Tom Walsh beat Jacko Gill in shot

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/athletics/news/article.cfm?c_id=19&amp

;objectid=11228932

20.79m got the win as Gill only managed 19.93 after being over 20 in warmups.

Looks like I got to the thread late, but I would've gone with the one who knew how/when to use "whom." ("Who you got"--tsk, tsk.)