2012 European Cup Winter Throwing

2012 European Throwing Cup
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The 2012 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 17 and 18 March at the Stadion Topolica in Bar, Montenegro. It was the twelfth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athletic Association and the Athletic Federation of Montenegro.[1] The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes. A total of 294 athletes from 39 European countries entered the competition.[2]

On the first day of the competition, Nadzeya Ostapchuk produced a throw of 20.29 m to win the shot put, while Martina Ratej took the women's javelin title. Dutchman Erik Cadée won the men's discus and Kirill Ikonnikov took the hammer title for Russia. In the men's under-23 discus event, home athlete Danijel Furtula threw a Montenegrin record to win the gold.[3] The highlights of the second day were Nadine Müller's personal best of 68.89 m to win the women's discus (the best performance in the world in eight years) and Marco Fortes won the men's shot put in a Portuguese record and world-leading throw if 21.02 m. Turkish thrower Fatih Avan won the men's javelin and Zalina Marghieva broke the Moldovan record to beat Tatyana Lysenko to the women's hammer throw title.[4]

Five national records were broken at the event. The non-medallists who achieved this feat were: Kateřina Šafránková (fourth in the women's hammer with 71.16 m), Danijel Furtula (17.10 m in the men's under-23 shot put), and Tiago Aperta (fourth in the men's under-23 javelin with 75.55 m). In the team rankings, Russia claimed both the senior titles while Ukraine won both the under-23 sections.[5]

Medal summary

Senior

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Shot put  Marco Fortes (POR) 21.02 m NR  Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) 20.50 m  Borja Vivas (ESP) 20.06 m
Discus throw  Erik Cadée (NED) 64.09 m  Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR) 63.59 m  Rutger Smith (NED) 63.30 m
Hammer throw  Kirill Ikonnikov (RUS) 75.95 m  Siarhei Kalamoets (BLR) 75.15 m  Kristóf Németh (HUN) 74.23 m
Javelin throw  Fatih Avan (TUR) 81.09 m  Dmitri Tarabin (RUS) 79.94 m  Risto Mätas (EST) 78.74 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women
Shot put  Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) 20.29 m  Nadine Kleinert (GER) 19.12 m  Josephine Terlecki (GER) 18.59 m
Discus throw  Nadine Müller (GER) 68.89 m  Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS) 63.86 m  Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) 63.03 m
Hammer throw  Zalina Marghieva (MDA) 73.60 m NR  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 72.87 m  Stéphanie Falzon (FRA) 72.60 m
Javelin throw  Martina Ratej (SLO) 63.59 m  Goldie Sayers (GBR) 62.75 m  Marina Maksimova (RUS) 60.33 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Under-23

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Under-23 men
Shot put  Marin Premeru (CRO) 19.49 m  Dmytro Savytskyy (UKR) 18.76 m  Maksim Afonin (RUS) 18.73 m
Discus throw  Danijel Furtula (MNE) 60.24 m NR  Eduardo Albertazzi (ITA) 58.26 m  Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 57.45 m
Hammer throw  Eivind Henriksen (NOR) 73.62 m  Andriy Martynyuk (UKR) 71.37 m  Pavel Bareisha (BLR) 69.16 m
Javelin throw  Oleksandr Nychyporchuk (UKR) 76.23 m  Jaka Muhar (SLO) 75.94 m NJR  Valeriy Iordan (RUS) 75.58 m
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Under 23 women
Shot put  Sophie Kleeberg (GER) 17.42 m  Olha Holodna (UKR) 17.32 m  Emel Dereli (TUR) 16.87 m NJR
Discus throw  Sandra Perković (CRO) 67.19 m  Irina Rodrigues (POR) 54.83 m  Yuliya Kurylo (UKR) 52.03 m
Hammer throw  Bianca Perie (ROM) 68.74 m  Alina Kastrova (BLR) 67.86 m  Anna Skydan (UKR) 66.35 m
Javelin throw  Sanni Utriainen (FIN) 57.39 m  Lyubov Zhatkina (RUS) 55.77 m  Kateryna Derun (UKR) 55.67 m

References

  1. ^ 2012 European Cup Winter Throwing Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. ECWT2012. Retrieved on 2012-03-29.
  2. ^ Final entries confirmed for European Cup Winter Throwing. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-03-29.
  3. ^ Ostapchuk and Ratej live up to billing at European Cup Winter Throwing Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-03-29.
  4. ^ Discus star Müller in magnificent form at European Cup Winter Throwing. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-03-29.
  5. ^ ECp-w Bar MNE 17 - 18 March Throws - 12th European Cup Winter Throwing. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-03-29.
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