OLYMPIC CHAMPION 2008 GERD KANTER

 

lesnoy

In the men’s shot put, Russia’s Aleksandr Lesnoy, who was eighth at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot last weekend, this time triumphed at European Cup Winter Throwing in Leiria.

And it was a tremendous competition which ended up being decided in the final round which began with Portugal’s Marco Fortes in first place after his 21.01m from round five, an effort that put him ahead of Lesnoy, who had a best of 20.85m.

But as Fortes recorded a foul with his final attempt, Lesnoy made no mistake, landing a brilliant 21.23m.

Not only was it a personal best by the Russian, but it establishes him at the top of the European rankings at this early stage of the outdoor season.

Equally, in this year of the European Athletics Championships, he showed he could be among the favourites on a day in Portugal where Bulgaria’s Georgi Ivanov was third with his only legal effort of 20.59m.

Viktor Butenko won m discus throw with 64.38, second was Erik Cadee 63.56 and third Christoph Harting 62.56.

Other good results
Pawel Fajdek won hammer with 78.75m, Mélina Robert-Michon W discus throw 64.20m, Maksym Bohdan javelin with a new NR 83.41m and Liina Laasma in javelin with a new Estonian record 63.17m.

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