European champion Bartels building-up to Berlin, puts 21.11m in Cuxhaven

Cuxhaven, Germany – A good sprint hurdles and a surprise in the men’s Javelin Throw produced the highlights of the Cuxhaven Meeting on Wednesday evening (22 July). But the best result had come a day earlier, when the Shot Put competitions took place separately in the town and Germany’s European champion Ralf Bartels won with 21.11m.
Cuxhaven is situated on Germany's North Sea coast.

Bartels had a great series on Tuesday. After starting with 20.77 he continued with 21.11, 20.92, 20.84, 20.46 and 20.67. No other competitor achieved a better result than Bartels’ weakest throw. Peter Sack took second with 20.46m while Andy Dittmar was third (19.41).

Nadine Kleinert took the women’s event on Tuesday witth 19.62 m, beating Denise Hinrichs (18.69).

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