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Swedish discus record holder Ricky Bruch passed away today after his last battle - with a cancer.

In 1967 he won his first of eleven Swedish Championships title in discus throw. He was also an outstanding shot putter with a lifetime best of 20.28 m and a bronze award from the European Championships 1971. In 1969 he won his first major medal in discus - silver - at the European Championships in Athens with a 61.08 m. He equaled the world record with a throw of 68.40 m in June 1972. At the…

IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Ostrava 30 May 2011 - Women´s Hammer Report

Betty Heidler (GER) , the world record holder in this event, won the women´s hammer throw with her -perfect shape proving- 77.22 m which is also a new meeting record.

Second place went also to Germany, Kathrin Klaas threw her new lifetime best of 75.48 m. Her previous best was 75.30 m. Wenxiu Zhang (CHN) followed her with 73.95 m.



Interview before the competition:

Here you can see the pictures from the men´s discus at the FBK Games 2011 in Hengelo (29 May 2011). Source: www.fbk-games.nl [URL:http://fbk-games.nl/fotogallerijen/gallerij/FBK%20Games%202011/]

The regining Olympic champion Gerd Kanter won at the BIGBANK Kuldliiga meet in Tartu. He threw 2 times over 66 meters - 66.06 m and 66.03 m .

The reigning African champion Omar El-Ghazaly of Egypt was 2nd with 62.70 m . He had technically a very bad day so from that point of view 62.70 m is good. Martin Kupper got 3rd with 57.53 m.

Priidu Niit came close to Kupper in his last attempt which landed on 57.00 m. At the end he still finished 4th.

Estonian young discus talent Artjom Nikitin…

Here´s the video of Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT) at the BIGBANK Kuldliiga meet held in Tartu. He threw his seasons best yesterday and also took the world lead.

Results [URL:http://www.kuldliiga.ee/index.php?id=162]











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The reigning World champion Robert Harting (GER) won at the FBK Games 2011 with a 68.23 m. His season´s best is 68.99 m which is also the world leading. It was his 4th competition this year.

"We had a very strong wind from the left side. That was also the reason why we all had so many fouls. Even the whole atmosphere was so depressed and it was hard to think positive to have a good attempt. Nevertheless 68 m in those conditions is good enough to keep on fighting in this season. My technique…

Men´s shot put field - 28.May at the FBK Games pre-day- Reese Hoffa (USA), the former World champion took over the world leading from Canada´s Dylan Armstrong. Hoffa´s leading toss of 21.88 m was almost half a meter better than the second place throw of 21.39 m by the reigning Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski (POL).

Third place award went also to America - Christian Cantwell threw his seasons best of 21.15 m. Dylan Armstrong (CAN) was fourth with 20.96 m.

Latvia´s Olympic silver medallist Vadims Vasiļevskis who´s lifetime best is 90.73 m since 2007, took over the world leading in Tartu, at the BIGBANK Kuldliiga meet. His throw of 88.22 m is his best effort since 2009 when he threw 90.71 m.
His previous seasons best was 82.65 m from the Samsung Diamond League in Doha. 88.22 m is also his 6th best throw of all-time. The previous seasons best was shared between Sergey Makarov (RUS) and Tero Pitkamäki (FIN) with a distance of 85.33 m.

"I didn´t…

Throwholics will have a live coverage from the men´s discus competition. Startlist includes the reigning Olympic champion Gerd Kanter (EST) and the reigning African champion Omar El-Ghazaly of Egypt. El-Ghazaly is also the former world junior record holder (65.88 m).

For the life results go to our Lice results page by picking "Live results" from the upper menu or just stay on this page.

Competition is over!

Weather conditions in Tartu: +18 C, light clouds, left-headwind.

All the videos will…

Latvian javelin record holder Vadims Vasiļevskis (90.73 m) and the world junior record holder Zigismunds Sirmais (84.47 m) , also Latvian, will compete tomorrow in Tartu.

Men´s javelin startlist also include the Estonian record holder and the former World Champion (2005) Andrus Värnik (87.83 m), Estonian leader in the past few years Mihkel Kukk (81.77 m), Olympic silver medallist Ainars Kovals (86.64 m) and the Finnish hope Antti Ruuskanen (87.33 m).

Zigismunds Sirmais is considered to…

Men´s Discus startlist for tomorrow´s BIGBANK Kuldliiga I stage. There are only 6 competitors, the most famous of them are obviously Gerd Kanter and the reigning African champion Omar El-Ghazaly. Kanter won the Samsung Diamond League meet held in Doha (67.49 m =SB) and El-Ghazaly competed in Cairo and threw 64.79 m after hard trainings.

Other throwers include young Estonian talents who compete with lighter implements- Artjom Nikitin, only 15 years old with a personal best of 61.87 m with 1.0…

The reigning African Champion and the former junior world record holder (65.88 m) Omar El-Ghazaly, who opened his season in early May with a 64.79 m, will compete tomorrow in Tartu. His stongest competitor is Gerd Kanter who announced his participation yesterday.

Coached by Aleksander Tammert, El-Ghazaly will stay mostly in Estonia during the summer. He arrived yesterday from Egypt. His preparation has gone well, without any injuries he is hoping to enter the next level this summer and be in…

The reigning Olympic champion Gerd Kanter has announced his participation at the BIGBANK Kuldliiga meet in Tartu and hopes to throw over 65 meters.

"Back problems didn´t let me to train as I wished but my trainingsession today showed the situation is getting better and nothing will bother me on Saturday," said Kanter who is ranked second in the seasons top list with 67.49 m. "When last week it seemed that I could hope the seasons best performance then now I would be satisfied when I throw…

The reigning European champion Piotr Malachowski (POL) won at the Ludvik Danék Memorial which was held in Turnov, Czech Republic. He threw his seasons best of 64.51 m, Malachowski´s previous best of the season was 63.59 m from Doha, Samsung Diamond League meet.

In his first competition this season, the European Championships bronze medallist Robert Fazekas of Hungary grabbed the silver with a decent 64.06 m.

Bronze award was taken by Roland Varga, also Hungarian, with his seasons best…

The international athletics meeting FBK Games 2011 will take place on Sunday, May 29 in Hengelo, Netherlands. FBK Games is known for its hospitality and the professional organization. Athletes that have competed at FBK Games always return home with another great memory and remind their experience in Hengelo with sublime words.

Good organization

The event is organized thanks to the 450 volunteers, without them it couldn´t be organized in this professional way. Can´t forget the sponsors who…

30 years of age is a milestone, age when people look back and also look ahead. For athletes, it´s an extra charge: the end of a career may finally be approaching or harvested.

Rutger Smith turns 30 in July but his name sounds like the past. The last time he competed at major competition was back in 2008 in Beijing Olympics. His results in Beijing were also under his expectations- and probably under his fans expectations also. But now he sits here, in a drawing room of the National…

Erik Cadée (NED) competed in Hoorn (May 21) and ended up with one of his best throwing series ever. His all six throws landed behind the 62 meter line - 62.35-62.79-63.77-63.15-62.79-64.14.

Cadée who had a technique change this winter proves that it was a good decision. His seasons best is 66.95 m which is also his lifetime best.

Erik Cadée´s results in 2011:

62.42i Växjö
62.15 Sofia
65.31 Chula Vista
64.97 La Jolla, CA
66.95 PB Chula Vista, CA
66.31 Chula Vista, CA
63.41 Lisse
64.14 Hoorn…

Didier Poppe who is a coach of New-Zealand´s shot put sensation Jacko Gill carried on a physical tests for his athletes to see their general physical form at that period of training.

Gill had a 3 meter standing long jump, in which his lifetime best jump is 3.30 m, an outstanding 95 cm in standing vertical jump and a box jump on 1.5 m. He also ran 3,5 s (hand-timing) in 30 m.

Most of the throwers are curious about his weight records so Throwholics is now honored to inform you with his best…

Estonia´s discus giant Märt Israel (SB/PB 66.98 m) gave an interview to the Vikerraadio which is a reputable Estonian radio channel.

Israel said he had all the facilities in his childhood to do sports. Coached by Rein Ahun he attended in many sports mainly in track and field but ballgames as well.

"When I moved to Tallinn I started to train together with Gerd Kanter, and since then I also started to realize what it takes to be a professional athlete," he said and added that it has taken a lot…

This weeks thrower is of course Germany´s Betty Heidler who threw a new world record 79.42 m.

Betty Heidler was born on October 14th 1983 in Berlin. She crew up in Berlin-Marzahn and moved to Frankfurt at 17 years of age. Heidler then went to a sports boarding school in 2001 and graduated German Federal Police as a federal police officer in 2007. Since 2008 she studies at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe´s University in Frankfurt at Law. In her spare time she loves to read, ride horses, go…