Throwholics questioned the reigning African Champion Omar El Ghazaly. We talked about his career and the sensational movie in which he has a starring role. The fans of throwing haven´t heard much about you since you quit with Aleksander Tammert ( Jr. ). What has changed afterwards? A lot has changed, I´ve been injured for 7 months from the pubic bone. I got a lead role in an Egyptian cinema movie, and was busy shooting it while recovering from injury. Now it´s better. What was the reason that lead you to the decision? Instead of discussing reasons I prefere to

Rutger Smith competed today in La Jolla where he finished first with 66.97m that is also the new world lead. Second was Erik Cadée with 65.92m and third Julian Wruck 64.10m. Märt Israel finished with 62.86m and was overall 6th. Triton Invitational

Iran´s sports celebrity Ehsan Hadadi opened up the season with 66.60m. Mahmoud Samimi, also Iran´s, followed him with 64.64m. The meet was held in Shiraz. Hadadi got his first world stage medal last year in Daegu where he landed on bronze. His personal best stands on 69.31, thrown in Tallinn. This is also the standing Asian record. After a remarkable row of strong victories over the absolute world class throwers he was comfident months before the Beijing Games. Unhappily he injured his shoulder which ruined his Olympic dream, and probably all the wealth that comes together with a world stage