Tokyo: Winning a world championship bronze medal was only the second-best thing Dr Mackenzie Little did in the past fortnight.

Little took off her stethoscope and got off a plane after a week of night shift at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and saving a man from a massive heart attack in front of her.

She arrived in Tokyo and threw the javelin further than anyone in the world with her first throw in anger.

Unfortunately, while that impressive 65.54-metre throw was enough to qualify her for the javelin final, and was further than anyone ended up throwing in the final, distances thrown in qualifying rounds do not carry over into the medal round.

Her first throw in the final was 63.58m. It was solid, but not a knockout blow – enough to put her in the lead, but unlikely to let her k

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