The Irish shot put indoor record holder, Eric Favours is inching more closer to take Irish outdoor shot put record. On Friday (2) at the Florida Relays, he was good on the night to place second 19.26m throw; closing to 20.04m of Paul Quirke set in 1992.
Elsewhere in Cape Girardeau Joey Haines Invitational also yesterday, the Iceland hammer record holder, Vigdis Jonsdottir was close to best by winning with 63.07m throw.
2 Samantha Lenton 59.67; 3 Amber Simpson 59.30; 4 Jessica Mattsson (swe) 57.68; 5 Mona Jaidi (nor) 53.97
