HIGHLIGHTS – World Athletics Final, Day One

Stuttgart, Germany - International athletics is a sport of diversity and contrasts.

After winning gold in Osaka Gerd Kanter (Estonia) took the Discus Throw in Stuttgart as well. Throwing 66.54m he beat Olympic Champion Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) for the second time – he had lost 44 consecutive competitions against him prior to Osaka.

“When I came here I expected to be first or second. But I thought that I would have to throw 68 metres to win”, said Kanter. “But as you see we are all a little bit tired.” Kanter got sick after coming back from Osaka and said that he lost some form because of this. But he still enjoyed competing in Stuttgart: “Today the Discus event was almost a show. I really like it the way the Germans present such a competition – and I have great memories of Munich 2002.” At those European Championships he had finished only 12th though.

Meanwhile Virgilijus Alekna was one of those improving on his World Championship’s performance. Hindered by a calf muscle injury from which he is still recovering he had only finished fourth in Osaka. Now in Stuttgart he took second with 65.94m in his first competition since the championships.

Results

		M Discus
Pos	Bib	Athlete	Nat	1	2	3	4	Result
1	31	Kanter Gerd	EST	63,52	66,54	x		66,54
2	88	Alekna Virgilijus	LTU	65,94	64,56	x		65,94
3	97	Malachowski Piotr	POL	61,77	65,35	61,95	x	65,35
4	48	Harting Robert	GER	60,41	x	64,65	65,25	65,25
5	30	Pestano Mario	ESP	62,11	x	63,25	x	63,25
6	143	Rome Jarred	USA	59,84	x	60,29	62,05	62,05
7	55	Kövágó Zoltán	HUN	59,01	59,52	61,58	x	61,58
8	150	Waltz Ian	USA	59,91	60,86	61,14	x	61,14
		M Shot Put
Pos	Bib	Athlete	Nat	1	2	3	4	Result
1	130	Hoffa Reese	USA	19,68	20,55	20,36	20,98	20,98
2	140	Nelson Adam	USA	X	20,44	20,75	20,95	20,95
3	18	Mikhnevich Andrei	BEL	20,51	20,88	20,73	X	20,88
4	147	Taylor Dan	USA	19,89	20,04	X	20,74	20,74
5	123	Cantwell Christian	USA	X	20,18	20,25	20,18	20,25
6	93	Smith Rutger	NED	20,01	X	19,75	X	20,01
7	45	Bartels Ralf	GER	18,84	19,08	19,32	19,49	19,49
8	134	Johnson Garrett	USA	X	X	19,26	X	19,26
		M Hammer throw
Pos	Bib	Athlete	Nat	1	2	3	4	Result
1	19	Tsikhan Ivan	BLR	81.07	78.53	79.95	82.05	82.05
2	56	Pars Krisztián	HUN	75.52	77.04	76.97	78.42	78.42
3	63	Murofushi Koji	JPN	77.95	X	X	77.04	77.95
4	111	Konopka Miloslav	SVK	76.71	X	77.95	X	77.95
5	17	Devyatovskiy Vadim	BLR	X	76.74	77.81	X	77.81
6	108	Kozmus Primož	SLO	74.39	74.61	76.78	X	76.78
7	110	Charfreitag Libor	SVK	X	75.89	75.30	X	75.89
8	99	Ziólkowski Szymon	POL	72.79	73.58	74.05	74.54	74.54
		M Javelin throw
Pos	Bib	Athlete	Nat	1	2	3	4	Result
1	35	Pitkämäki Tero	FIN	88.19	X	82.02	X	88.19
2	96	Thorkildsen Andreas	NOR	80.66	85.06	83.66	X	85.06
3	113	Arvidsson Magnus	SWE	81.91	80.51	83.37	82.42	83.37
4	36	Wirkkala Teemu	FIN	71.77	73.78	80.20	X	80.20
5	87	Rags Eriks	LAT	72.77	X	X	77.40	77.40
6	105	Ivanov Aleksandr	RUS	74.23	76.09	X	73.79	76.09
7	158	Wenk Stefan	GER	69.68	73.59	72.22	75.87	75.87
8	47	Esenwein Peter	GER	69.26	X	72.91	69.00	72.91

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