Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra’s coach Klaus Bartonietz has been rewarded with a contract extension till the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced on Sunday. Klaus Bartonietz helped javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra win India’s first track and field medal – a gold – at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in August last year. Bartonietz who took […]
After 2012 Olympics re-testing, the Slovenia javelin record holder Martina Ratej has bagged two years ban by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after prohibited clostebol substances was found in her sample. The ban take effect from 9 March 2020. All her results from 9 August 2012 to 9 August 2014 are disqualified. Ratej was provisional suspended […]
The twenty-five-year-old Hensinki born Senni Salminen produced the spark highlight of the last day of Finland Paavo Nurmi Games, World Athletics continental Tour on Tuesday (8). Senni soared to a new Finnish national record of 14.51m on her third jump. Jamaica Kimberly Williams came second with a jump of 14.29m. British new birth triple jumper, Naomi […]
Good throw highlight the 2021 Paavo Nurmi Games, World Athletics continental tour in Finland on Monday (7). The reigning discus Champion, Daniel Stahl keeps himself rooted in world number one rank by throwing another massive discus distance of 68.11m to win. But he was closely by Andrius Gudzius 66.88m and Lukas WeiBhaidinger 66.77m while Simon […]
The 20th European Throw Cup which started today in Croatian city of Split spring up good big throw on the first day of two days event. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Leiria, Portugal on 13-14 March but the it had to be moved to Split owing to the prevailing coronavirus situation […]
The twenty-four year old University of Vienna graduate, Victoria Hudson was completely over the moon on Monday (26) at the local Elsenstadt meet. Victoria, a daughter to an English man and Austria mother got the record she has been secretly craving for. Her determination finally paid off as she smashed Javelin 11 years Elisabeth Pauer […]
The second longest javelin world all-time thrower and World Champion, German Johannes Vetter has snatched the world leading throw from India’s Neeraj Chopra ( 88.07m). At his Offenburg training base on Saturday (24), Vetter regained the lead by throwing a huge 91.50m. Vetter thus became the first thrower to eclipse the 90 metre-line this season […]
Polish Javelin record holder, Marcin Krukowski gave a stand out performance at a small Meet in Polish town of Suwalki, on Wednesday (23). The 28 years old Warsaw born, Polish Champion, won in an impressive 80.76m. He was followed by 79.44m throw from Cyprian Mrzyglod while Piotr Lebioda was third with 78.98m throw. In the […]
The Greek new rising star and World Junior Record Holder has extend her European u-18 mark of 61.48m to throw new European U-18 record of 61.53m yesterday at Thessaloniki meet in Greece. Full Result: Men SP 1 Odisséas Mouzenídis 19.38; 2 Anastasios Latiflari 18.91 DT u20 (1,75 kg) Dimitrios Pavlidis 54.62 HT 1 Alexios Prodanas […]
The World Javelin Silver Medalist and Asian Record Holder, Lu Huihui was in the best shape of her life as she broke her own Asian Record of 67.59m during the women’s javelin competition at the Beijing 2020 National Track and Field Association Training Base Chartered Tournament held on the 30th, June to improve to 67.61m. […]
In Gödöllő (Hungary), on Saturday 27, Hungarian Javelin record holder, Norbert Rivasz-Tóth produces 80.35m his second longest throw ever. He was followed by Noel Kovács 71.59m. In Women, Fanni Kövér 55.05; 2 Annabella Bogdán 53.62; 3 Xénia Krizsán 51.33. In u18 (500 g) Fanni Kövér 55.36 Elsewhere in Göteborg (Sweden), on Saturday : Men 200m result- […]
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