{"id":105286,"date":"2024-08-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=105286"},"modified":"2024-08-16T17:08:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T07:08:43","slug":"to-our-local-olympians-take-a-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/to-our-local-olympians-take-a-bow\/","title":{"rendered":"To our local Olympians: Take a bow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BALLARAT javelin-thrower Kathryn Mitchell has called time on the Olympics, reaching the javelin final in all four campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell was emotional, bringing down the curtain on her Games career finishing seventh with her top throw a season-best at 62.63.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/08\/20240807158406006418_64638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flying high: Yual Reath in the men&#8217;s high jump qualification at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. 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