The phrase "a best throw" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is typically used in contexts where one is referring to the best performance or result in a throwing event, but it should be phrased as "the best throw."
Example: "In the competition, she achieved the best throw of the day, securing her first place."
Alternatives: "the top throw" or "the finest throw."
Carl Myerscough picked up bronze in the discus with a best throw of 60.64m, just 13 centimetres ahead of Apostolos Parellis in fourth.
But a best throw of 46.83m was not good enough for Davies, with England's Dan Greaves winning gold.
Davies saw off the challenge of Iran's Mehrdad Karam Zadeh at the Olympic Stadium with a best throw of 46.14m, a new European record.
A best throw of 12.32m was more than 1.5m behind fellow Briton Morgan Lake, who was second last in that discipline.
The 21-year-old from Bridgend saw off the challenge of Iranian discus rival Mehrdad Karam Zadeh at the Olympic Stadium with a best throw of 46.14 metres, setting a new European record in the process.
With a best throw of 78.36 metres he finished fifteenth overall, 68 centimetres behind Ari Pakarinen who secured the last spot in the final.
Thorkildsen's father Tomm Thorkildsen is a former javelin thrower, achieving a personal best throw of 71.64 metres in 1974.
Okoye finished last in the final at the European Championships with a modest best throw of 60.09m.
The 25-year-old Avramenko recorded a personal best throw of 84.48 in June before competing in Moscow, Vítezslav Vesely of the Czech Republic won the gold medal.
After a year of training, she increased this initial distance by 2.5 m to have a personal best throw of over 12 m.
In 2001 Thorkildsen moved to Oslo and started competing for the club SK Vidar under coach Åsmund Martinsen, a former javelin thrower who won the bronze medal at the 1994 Norwegian Championships, and had a career best throw of 68.12 metres.
