Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2012 Thorkildsen akapedza wechina paEuropean Championships muHelsinki achibudirira kungokanda matatu chete nemhedzisiro yakanakisa yemamita 81.55 mushure mekukuvara panguva yekudziya. PaMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2012 muLondon
Akakanda 82.63 ndokupedza ari wechitanhatu uyo akazova wechishanu makore akati gare gare mushure mekubviswa kwemukundi wepakutanga menduru yesirivha Oleksandr Pyatnytsya nekuda kwekuputsa doping. Makwikwi eNyika egore rakatevera muMoscow akaunza Thorkildsen nzvimbo yechitanhatu nekukanda kwe81.06 mune izvo zvakazove kuoneka kwake kwekupedzisira pamakwikwi makuru emakwikwi. Kukuvara kwakamumanikidza kuti apedze mwaka wake wa2014 nguva isati yakwana pamberi peEuropean Championships. Akazosarudza kugara kunze kwemwaka wese wa2015 asi akanangana nekudzoka muna 2016. Zvisinei, muna Chivabvu 2016 Thorkildsen akazivisa kuenda kwake pamudyandigere.