The Diamond League meeting in Liu Xiang’s hometown of Shanghai began on Saturday with a bang: European Indoor champion Christina Schwanitz won the shot put competition with a personal best of 20.20m (66′ 3″). Malachowski won the discus competition with a massive 67.34m (220′ 11″). Currently he is ranked 2nd in the 2013 world list. Gerd Kanter [...]
The first leg of the Diamond League Meeting in Doha, Qatar was a full success. The meeting records, world leading throws and national records let the Diamond League of Doha shine. Sandra Perkovic was able to throw a new meeting record and a massive world lead of 68.23m (223′ 10″). Her complete set was: 67.37m [...]
Official press release from Globalthrowing.com I as a coach and Gerd Kanter as an athlete officially split up our cooperation today that has lasted for 12 years. During these years we have had a tremendous success together and I want to thank Gerd for the cooperation, it has been amazing. Gerd has decided to continue [...]
The Olympic Champion Gerd Kanter won the Diamond League final in Brussel held today. His best throw was measured 66.84m. As the main rivals for overall victory and 40,000$ gave up the competition it was easier for Kanter, although the German young talent Martin Wierig was putting up a fight with 66.05m. Of course, Kanter´s [...]
The Olympic Champion 2008 Gerd Kanter has secured himself a second place finish in overall Diamond League standings. He is leading the list with 11p ahead of his closest rival Ehsan Hadadi (6p). BUT, in case of bad coincidences he can fall into 2nd. Below are 4 black scenarios called Ehsan Hadadi, Virgilijus Alekna, Piotr [...]
Gerd Kanter won in Diamond League meet held in Lausanne today. His winning result was 65.79m. Kanter also took the lead in overall Diamond points table. Second was Lawrence Okoye with 65.27m. Okoye was followed by Frank Casanas with 65.24m. 1. Gerd Kanter 65.79 2. Lawrence Okoye 65.27 3. Frank Casanas 65.24 4. Martin Wierig [...]
That was an amazing discus battle what we have seen tonight. World champion, European champion, Olympic champion, and all within 365 days: Robert Harting takes gold with 68,27m, Ehsan Hadadi silver 68,18m and Gerd Kanter 68,03 SB wins bronze! The 2012 Olympic Discus Final was one of the best ones in Olympic History! All medalists [...]
Finally the entry lists for the London Olympic Games are out! As a service for all our fans Throwholics cut the official list down to the throwing events. The final list of all THROWING EVENTS If you like to check the official list for the other events please visit this post HERE
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May 19, 2013
Julia Fischer wins with massive 66.04m!
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Gu Siyu Shakes the Discus World with a 67,86m
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World lead for Julian Wruck with impressive 66.32m!
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