2014 European Cup Winter Throwing

2014 European Throwing Cup
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The 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 16 and 17 March at the Centro Nacional de Lançamentos (National Throws Centre) and Estádio Municipal in Leiria, Portugal. It was the fourteenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athletic Association and the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo. 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.

Two athletes defended their titles from 2013: Latvia's Zigismunds Sirmais retained the men's javelin in 81.60 m (267 ft 8+1⁄2 in) and Russia's Yevgeniya Kolodko topped the women's shot put with a mark of 18.66 m (61 ft 2+1⁄2 in). One world-leading mark came in the senior section in the form of Aleksandr Lesnoy's 21.23 m (69 ft 7+3⁄4 in) in the shot put. Two national records were improved during the two-day event: Dejan Mileusnic had a men's javelin Bosnian and Herzegovinian record with his first round throw of 80.40 m (263 ft 9+1⁄4 in) while Androniki Lada twice improved the Cypriot record in the discus, throwing 55.08 m (180 ft 8+1⁄2 in) then 55.66 m (182 ft 7+1⁄4 in).[1][2][3]

The under-23 section had several performers beat the standards set in the senior competitions. Maksym Bohdan set a world lead of 83.41 m (273 ft 7+3⁄4 in) to win the men's under-23 javelin, while his female counterpart Liina Laasma gave the best javelin performance at the competition overall to win her under-23 event. Quentin Bigot's hammer throw of 74.42 m (244 ft 1+3⁄4 in) would have been enough for the senior podium and Shanice Craft's mark of 64.16 m (210 ft 5+3⁄4 in) in the women's under-23 discus was just four centimetres of the senior winner. Montenegro's Danijel Furtula was the under-23 men's discus winner for a third year running.[1][2][3]

Russia and Germany were the best in the team competitions, with the former winning the senior and under-23 men's titles and the latter taking both women's team titles.[4]

Leiria was chosen as the host at the European Athletics Executive Board meeting in Lausanne on 17 September 2013.[5]

During the competition the results were provided on a live mode, using Lap2Go technology [6]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Aleksandr Lesnoy (RUS) 21.23 m  Marco Fortes (POR) 21.01 m  Georgi Ivanov (BUL) 20.59 m
Discus throw  Viktor Butenko (RUS) 64.38 m  Erik Cadée (NED) 63.56 m  Christoph Harting (GER) 62.56 m
Hammer throw  Paweł Fajdek (POL) 78.75 m  Krisztián Pars (HUN) 77.96 m  Denis Lukyanov (RUS) 74.11 m
Javelin throw  Zigismunds Sirmais (LAT) 81.60 m  Thomas Röhler (GER) 81.17 m  Risto Mätas (EST) 80.58 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Yevgeniya Kolodko (RUS) 18.66 m  Alena Kopets (BLR) 18.58 m  Yulia Leantsiuk (BLR) 18.55 m
Discus throw  Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) 64.20 m  Anna Rüh (GER) 63.21 m  Dragana Tomašević (SRB) 59.26 m
Hammer throw  Joanna Fiodorow (POL) 72.70 m  Éva Orbán (HUN) 72.49 m  Kathrin Klaas (GER) 70.99 m
Javelin throw  Linda Stahl (GER) 61.20 m  Katharina Molitor (GER) 60.97 m  Martina Ratej (SLO) 59.57 m

Under-23 men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Frederic Dagee (FRA) 19.05 m  Mesud Pezer (BIH) 18.68 m  Martin Novák (CZE) 18.68 m
Discus throw  Danijel Furtula (MNE) 62.19 m  Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 57.70 m  Aleksandr Kirya (RUS) 57.52 m
Hammer throw  Quentin Bigot (FRA) 74.42 m  Yevgeniy Korotovskiy (RUS) 70.01 m  Pedro José Martín (ESP) 69.76 m
Javelin throw  Maksym Bohdan (UKR) 83.41 m  Jan Kubeš (CZE) 76.15 m  Yegor Yermoshin (RUS) 74.71 m

Under-23 women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put  Emel Dereli (TUR) 17.33 m  Shanice Craft (GER) 17.16 m  Viktoryia Kolb (BLR) 16.81 m
Discus throw  Shanice Craft (GER) 64.16 m  Viktoriya Klochko (UKR) 53.74 m  Elçin Kaya (TUR) 51.41 m
Hammer throw  Malwina Kopron (POL) 69.30 m  Alyona Shamotina (UKR) 67.87 m  Barbara Špiler (SLO) 67.12 m
Javelin throw  Liina Laasma (EST) 63.17 m  Sara Kolak (CRO) 57.79 m  Prescilla Lecurieux (FRA) 56.91 m

Team points table

Nation Men points Women points Men U23 points Women U23 points
 Russia 4454 4136 4078 3731
 Belarus 4243 — — —
 Italy 4222 — 3611 3593
 Ukraine 4195 3796 3842 3820
 Estonia 4068 — — 3627
 Portugal 4055 — 3311 3068
 Germany — 4263 3865 4164
 France — 4128 3995 —
 Spain — 4041 — —
 Czech Republic — 3839 — —
 Sweden — — 3795 —
 Hungary — — — 3542

References

  1. ^ a b Fajdek hammers home his power and glory on Day 1. European Athletics (2014-03-15). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.
  2. ^ a b Sirmais is the golden boy on Day 2. European Athletics (2014-04-16). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.
  3. ^ a b Strong silver for Fortes at home. European Athletics (2014-03-19). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.
  4. ^ Results. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-26.
  5. ^ Leiria to host 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing. European Athletics (2014-11-27). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.
  6. ^ [1]. Lap2Go (2014-01-01). Retrieved on 2016-01-01.
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