Mackenzie Little’s extraordinary ability to combine her lives as a fulltime doctor and a professional athlete has been rewarded with a javelin bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Little got off to a flying start in Saturday’s final, producing her best throw of 63.58m in the opening round.

Ecuador’s Juleisy Angulo topped that with a national record of 65.12m in the second round and Latvia’s Anete Sietina (64.64m) improved to second with her final effort.

It was the shortest distance for a winning throw in world championships history — not that it mattered much to to Angulo, Sietina or Little.

Dr Little works fulltime at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, but somehow still finds the time to traverse the world competing at the Diamond League meets.

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