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Reigning NCAA Champion and transfer from Texas Tech, Julian Wruck, had a career day in his native country of Australia over the weekend as he posted a huge lifetime-best mark of 215-7 in the discus.

Competing in Geelong, Victoria, Wruck crushed his previous personal best of 208-1 by over seven feet. That mark is an Olympic "A" qualifier for the 2012 Olympic Games and moves him to No. 2 on the Australian all-time ranking list. His mark of 215-7 also was the 25th-best mark in the world in 2011.…

Throwholics did a follow up interview with the "Yowie" Julian Wruck after his great performance from last weekend. He won the 2015 Queensland Track Classic competition, as already mentioned in our latest article "Clash of the Yowies! w/ video" [URL:http://throwholics.com/2015/03/clash-of-the-yowies-w-video/].



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I currently train alone. I feel more comfortable that way.

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Julius Yego, is the current world leader but during the qualification round in the men's Javelin throw in Beijing struggled a bit with his first effort of 80.79m, which would have been enough for the final but the Commonwealth Champion threw his javelin at a better angle with his second throw, which landed at 84.46m, well beyond the automatic qualifying standard of 83.00m.

The 26-year-old threw an African record of 91.39m in Birmingham in June this year and he finished fourth at the last…

A few hours ago Throwholics wrote about the gold medal in the men's hammer event for Pawel Fajdek with 80.05m. [URL:https://throwholics.com/2015/07/pawel-fajdek-takes-gold-at-universiade-gwangju-2015/] Another throwing medal has been fought for. The women discus event has start finished and Yulia Maltseva won the competition with 59.37m.

The women discus event was quite exciting to watch. The positions for the medals has changed couple of times throughout the competition. The German discus…

Zigismunds Sirmais from Latvia has finally ticked off the qualification standard for the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. Based on his recent competitions it was not expected that Sirmais would throw the norm.

Unexpectedly, but enjoyable for Zigismunds Sirmais. He finally ticked off the qualification standard for the Olympic Games in Rio. 83 meters are required, and Sirmais was just above this. He opened with 75m, improved during his second round with a new season best of 78.94m and another 76m…

The last time Throwholics wrote about the Hungarian discus thrower Zoltan Kovago was short before the 2012 London Olympic Games. "Zoltan Kovago is the second Hungary Discus Thrower kicked out of Games !!!!" [URL:http://throwholics.com/2012/07/zoltan-kovago-is-the-second-hungary-discus-thrower-kicked-out-of-games/]. Back then Kovago did refuse to provide a drug sample for testing and was banned for 2 years right after that. Next to Zoltan Kovago also the other Hungarian Robert Fazekas was caught…

Zoltan Kovago became the second Hungarian discus thrower to be kicked out of the Olympics on Thursday after he refused to undergo a drugs test, the country's athletics federation said.

Kogavo, who was a silver medallist at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, refused to provide a test sample, a move deemed as a positive test result, the domestic MASZ news agency reported, and he was suspended for two years.

Fellow discus thrower Robert Fazekas was last week also kicked off the team for the London…

Zoltan Kovago, the world leader with 69.50m had a tight compeition schedule this weekend. First he competed at the Diamond League meet held in London and was 2nd there with 66.29m, then he participated at the Hungarian Championships in Szekszárd.

Hes winning throw was 67.17m which gave him a easy victory over Gabor Mata who was second with 59.08m.

Another remarkable performance was measured in the men´s hammer where Krisztian Pars threw a new season´s best with 80.63m. Still it´s not the…

Zürich, Switzerland - The Weltklasse Zürich meeting, the first of the two finals of the Samsung Diamond League, was opened by the two Shot Put competitions which took place at the Zürich Main Railway Station tonight (7) on the eve of tomorrow's main meeting in the Letzigrund Stadium.

Olympic and three-time World champion Valerie Adams from New Zealand and World silver medallist Dylan Armstrong from Canada emerged as the winners of two exciting shot put contests which took place at a…