Julius took charge of his own growth. When people asked who his coach was, he said: “YouTube.” In 2009, Julius went to an internet café and started watching videos of top javelin throwers on YouTube. By scrutinizing their skills, he was able to start coaching himself. “Everything began to change in my training,” Julius says. “Javelin requires technique, power, flexibility, and speed and there were many of these aspects which I’d never looked at.” In 2015, Julius won the world javelin championship. At 92.72 meters, his was the farthest throw in fourteen years—only two humans had ever hurled a
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