10 August 2012 - London, UK - Olympic gold medals normally don’t come easy. But Barbora Spotakova must have wondered what was going on, when she dominated the Javelin Throw and would have won the event with each of her four valid throws. For a second time in a row the Czech athlete became the Olympic Champion. Throwing 69.55 metres she was more than four metres ahead of her nearest rival. Only once in Olympic history had there been a bigger winning margin in this event than in London: Cuba’s Osleidys Menendez had taken the gold medal in Athens 2004 being almost six metres ahead.