Lakmali is the national record holder in women's javelin, having beaten the previous record at a recent national event with a throw of 54.08m.

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Also on Saturday, Laura Kerr set a Northern Ireland women's javelin record with a throw of 49.23 metres which bettered the previous mark of her coach Alison Moffit.

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Germany also took gold in the women's javelin, Linda Stahl throwing a personal best of 66.81m, with Olympic bronze medallist Christina Obergfoll taking silver and Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic bronze.

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