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The idea came from Olympian Omar El Ghazaly [URL:http://dev.mrang.eu/omar/top-20-throwers/omar-el-ghazaly/] (discus PB 66.58, former junior world record holder from Egypt). His creativity helped to put everything related to throwing into one website. He…

Jacko Gill is the most incredible young athlete of the decade. At the age of just 16, he managed to throw a new neighborhood record with 7.26kg shot -20.01 that is obviously a new World youth record.

The boy who is good at rewriting all the track and field record books again and again, has big goals to catch. Last year in 2010 he throw an unbelievable 23.86m with 5kg implement that was of course a new World youth record.

What can he do next? Does he have any resources left? These two are…

Erik Cadée improved his personal best in La Jolla and won the meet. His new personal best stands on 66.95 but he had a 67m warm-up so his shape is very good at the moment.

Brett Morse from UK was second with his new personal best 64.49m. His previous best was 63.71 thrown last year in Westwood, CA.

Here are the videos of Erik.



Did you notice that he is using a new technique? It was invented by Estonian biomechanic Aadu Krevald in early century and was also used by Gerd Kanter in 2001…

Erik Cadée continued his good performances in Chula Vista with a massive 66.31 in the last round. Erik´s shape is okay and goes upward.

Märt Israel was second with 65.95 that is close to his personal best which stands on 66.56 from 2007.

Check out the video of Erik!

Estonia´s Gerd Kanter won the first Diamond League competition this year with a decent 67.49. Second place went to Virgilijus Alekna with 65.92 (x - 63.92 - 65.92 - x.)

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3. Yennifer Frank Casanas 64.20

4. Ehsan Hadadi 64.16

5. Piotr Malachowski 63.59

6. Bogdan Pishchalnikov 61.09

Robert Harting did not compete.

Omar El-Ghazaly started his season today in Cairo and ended up with a 64.79 that is very good considering that El-Ghazaly trains very hard and was not preparing for the competition. The competition was not planned and he had to compete for his club. His main target this year is the World Athletics Championships.

Competition: Egyptian Club Championships
Weather conditions in Cairo: +30 degrees, left headwind.

El-Ghazaly trains in Cairo at the moment with his coach Aleksander Tammert and…

This week we had an excellent chance interview Robert Harting.

How has your training been Robert? Any injuries?

Thank you. So far I am doing good. I don´t have any problems.

What are your social aims for this year?

My aim is to pass all my exams and concentrate on the flow of life and work.

What will be your future Robert?

I hope to have a lot of fun and rest also. I wish to make some creative things like art, or commercials.

If you end up with your career, what would be your main…

Krisztián Pars from Hungary won in Athletics Grand Prix in Kawasaki. He threw his second best this year, with 79.47 he is placed 2nd in the World top list 2011. This was also his 7th competition in 2011.

His main competitor in Kawasaki, Olympic Champion, Japanese hammer throwing legend Koji Murofushi started his season with 78.10 and placed second after Pars. It was a good start for Murofushi who also got the doctor degree in biomechanics. Last time he started his season with a better…

Jürgen Schult has his 51th birthday today!

Jürgen was the phenomen in athletics. He won everything one athlete can dream about... even more, the world record he set in 1986 still stands today. As an athlete under the East German program, his throw of 74.08 meters bested the previous record of Soviet athlete, Yuriy Dumchev, by 2.22 meters.

Jürgen represented the Traktor Schwerin sport club and trained with Dr. Hermann Brandt, later he represented the Schwerin and Riesa sport clubs and…

Omar El-Ghazaly, former world junior record holder (65.88 in 2003, 1.75kg) and the reigning African champion is training in his hometown Cairo at the moment. His coach Aleksander Tammert and physiotherapist Siim Altosaar are also there and helping him.

El-Ghazaly recently proved that working with Tammert has been the right choice, 64.79 in Cairo Club Championships was up to their expectations and there is definitely much more to come. It´s remarkable because El-Ghazaly never prepared for this…

Märt Israel who is in his best shape ever managed to throw his new personal best 66.98 in Chula Vista. His previous best was 66.56 from 2007 in Helsingborg.

His fellow Niklas Arrhenius also threw his personal best. It now stands on 65.80. By the way, did you know that Niklas competes in both - shot put and discus - over a year now? Impressing. His shot put personal best is 19.75 and 19.91 indoors.

Results and videos below:



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1. Märt Israel

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Here´s is the video of Omar El-Ghazaly starting his season with 64.79.
Competition was held in Cairo on May 6th.

It was a good start for the season. Below you can see Omar´s results over the years on his first competitions.

*First column is date, second is result in first competition and third column shows final best of his season.
2000 - 55.35 - 55.35
2001 - 49.79 - 51.10
2002 - 48.17 - 48.17
2003 - 58.90 - 58.17
2004 - 59.73 - 61.46
2005 - 61.83 - 64.36
2006 - 65.33 - 65.33
2007 - 60.90 -…

The reigning World Champion Germany´s Robert Harting competes today in Wiesbaden. Expected weather conditions during the competition: sunny, +20 degrees, no wind.

Australian Benn Harradine who came from 24h flight does his best to better his seasons best, so does 23 year old Martin Wierig (GER) who´s seasons best is 65.79 which is also his personal best.

In the women´s competition Nadine Müller (GER) tries to put on a great effort after successful season in 2010 with a massive personal best…

The reigning World Champion Robert Harting won the competition with 66.92 in Wiesbaden, WLV Werfer Cup 2011. Weather turned out to be rainy and with a strong tailwind although the forecast was sunny.

Martin Wierig proved his super shape with 65.15 which is only a bit less than his lifetime best 65.79. Australian Benn Harradine was 3rd with his seasons best 63.30 and Markus Münch 4th with 62.92 which is also his seasons best which means there will be 3 Germans in World Championships in August.…

"It was really hard to deal with the competition. The throws in the warm-up came light and easy, but I couldn't manage to do them in the competition . The unrythmic throwing made it hard for me and I had to search for the right throw before every attempt, so the performance was left to the background. But we can be happy, that no-one got injured, because of the tough weather conditions. The competition next week will be different and I have to and I will be on a higher level !" said the…

Finland´s former World Champion Tero Pitkamäki won the 2nd Diamond League meet which was held today in Shanghai. He threw 85.33 and leads the Diamond Ranking with 5 points. He repeated the World Leading result which was set by Russian Sergei Makarov.

2-time Olympic Champion Andreas Thordkildsen (NOR) was second with 85.12 (Diamond Ranking 2p, 4th) , he was followed by Robert Oosthuizen (RSA, 83.73, Diamond Ranking 3p, 3th) and Teemo Wirkkala (82.39 SB).

Petr Frydrych (CZE) was 6th with 79.40…

Discus thrower Märt Israel (EST) is our first Thrower Of The Week. He recently improved his lifetime best Chula Vista - 66.98 - and showed his best shape ever. He is placed 2nd in seasons top list after Gerd Kanter (67.49) so Estonians now have the double lead.

"Märt has so much capacity and is coming out of heavy lifting lately and cannot really control it to 100% in his technique, but great performance by him and much more to come. I think Märt can step up now to be one of the absolute best…

Croatia´s Sandra Perkovic, European Champion 2010, won the 2nd Diamond League meet in Shanghai, yesterday on May 15. Her winning result 65.58 is also a meeting record and almost 3m better than Chinese Yanfeng Li´s second place result 62.73.

Australian Dani Samuels, World Champion 2009, was 3rd with 61.98.

Video:

Women´s Discus, Shanghai Diamond League 2011 [URL:http://macthrowvideo.com/2011ShanghaiWD.wmv]

The Tech sophomore Julian Wruck set personal and Big 12 meet records Sunday in winning the discus competition with a throw of 63.42. Carl Myerscough, who nearly a decade ago at Nebraska was a three-time NCAA champion shot putter, set the old record in 2004. Wruck´s previous lifetime best standed on 61.88 since 1st April.

It means a lot, really, he said. He was a phenomenal athlete. He was a legendary shot putter and discus thrower. Im glad to feel Im at his level in college. Its a big…

Halle Werfertage ( "Halle´s Throwing Day") is known for its strong competitors and good facilities for throwing events. Best results are often set in Halle and that´s the reason why athletes love this meet so much. Competition will be held on 21-22 May in Halle, Germany.

Startlist includes several world class throwers. In the men´s shot put World leader Dylan Armstrong (21.72) tries to continue his wonderful season, Germany´s Ralf Bartels (21.37), former European shot put champion will do…