2007 European Cup Winter Throwing

The 2007 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 17 and 18 March at Avangard Stadium in Yalta, Ukraine. It was the seventh edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 203 athletes from 26 countries entered the competition – a new high for the event.[1]

2007 European Throwing Cup
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Summary

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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.[2][3]

Athletes in the senior competitions were seeded into "A" and "B" groups. Igor Sukhomlinov of Russia surprised with a personal best of 83.34 m in the javelin throw to win the title despite being seeded in the "B" group. Dzimitry Hancharuk, Chiara Rosa, Nataliya Semenova were other "B" group athletes to take a medal, each of them a bronze.

Two national records were broken during the competition: men's discus throw bronze medallist Ercüment Olgundeniz improved the Turkish record to 64.34 metres, while under-23 athlete Melik Janoyan set a new Armenian best for the javelin with his throw of 69.34 metres.

Several athletes went on to take top honours at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Discus winners Gerd Kanter and Franka Dietzsch became world champions, while the men's hammer throwers Primož Kozmus and Ivan Tsikhan took the top two spots in Osaka as they did in Yalta.

Medal winners

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Senior

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Shot put   Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) 19.95 m   Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR) 19.86 m   Dzimitry Hancharuk (BLR) 19.42 m
Discus throw   Gerd Kanter (EST) 65.43 m   Piotr Małachowski (POL) 65.06 m   Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR) 64.34 m NR
Javelin throw   Igor Sukhomlinov (RUS) 83.34 m   Magnus Arvidsson (SWE) 76.27 m   Ainārs Kovals (LAT) 74.64 m
Hammer throw   Primož Kozmus (SLO) 77.99 m   Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 77.79 m   Eşref Apak (TUR) 76.68 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   Petra Lammert (GER) 18.67 m   Assunta Legnante (ITA) 18.31 m   Chiara Rosa (ITA) 18.14 m
Discus throw   Franka Dietzsch (GER) 66.14 m   Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) 63.48 m   Nataliya Semenova (UKR) 60.51 m
Javelin throw   Steffi Nerius (GER) 63.14 m   Goldie Sayers (GBR) 60.02 m   Zahra Bani (ITA) 58.95 m
Hammer throw   Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 72.65 m   Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 72.05 m   Ester Balassini (ITA) 68.70 m

Under-23

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Under-23 men
Shot put   Luka Rujević (SRB) 19.45 m   Lajos Kürthy (HUN) 18.49 m   Daniel Anglés (ESP) 18.35 m
Discus throw   Dmytro Isnyuk (UKR) 58.23 m   Sergey Gribkov (RUS) 57.79 m   Mihai Grasu (ROM) 57.57 m
Javelin throw   Roman Avramenko (UKR) 73.96 m   Aleksey Tovarnov (RUS) 69.41 m   Melik Janoyan (ARM) 69.34 m NR
Hammer throw   Andrey Azarenkov (RUS) 72.41 m   Oleksiy Sokyrskyy (UKR) 67.61 m   Kristóf Németh (HUN) 67.40 m
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Under 23 women
Shot put   Anna Avdeyeva (RUS) 17.32 m   Alena Kopets (BLR) 15.74 m   Josephine Terlecki (GER) 15.37 m
Discus throw   Nadine Müller (GER) 60.35 m   Kateryna Karsak (UKR) 56.91 m   Liliana Cá (POR) 53.95 m
Javelin throw   Mariya Abakumova (RUS) 59.42 m   Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala (LAT) 55.03 m   Linda Stahl (GER) 55.02 m
Hammer throw   Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR) 66.78 m   Bianca Perie (ROM) 66.00 m   Dorotea Habazin (CRO) 61.82 m

Medal and points table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)4307
2  Germany (GER)4026
3  Ukraine (UKR)3216
4  Belarus (BLR)1315
5  France (FRA)1102
6  Estonia (EST)1001
  Serbia (SRB)1001
  Slovenia (SLO)1001
9  Italy (ITA)0134
10  Hungary (HUN)0112
  Latvia (LAT)0112
  Romania (ROM)0112
13  Great Britain (GBR)0101
  Poland (POL)0101
  Sweden (SWE)0101
16  Turkey (TUR)0022
17  Armenia (ARM)0011
  Croatia (CRO)0011
  Portugal (POR)0011
  Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (20 entries)16161648

Participation

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References

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  1. ^ Athletics News - 17.03. Nerius and Kozmus wins in Yalta Archived 2015-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. Austrian Athletics Federation (2007-03-17). Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
  2. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2007-03-17). Kozmus upsets Tikhon in Yalta - European Winter Throwing Cup Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
  3. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2007-03-18). Dietzsch's 66.14 caps European Winter Throwing Cup. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
Results
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