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]

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 summary

Senior

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

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

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 4 3 0 7 4287 4000
2  Germany 4 0 2 6 3893 4406
3  Ukraine 3 2 1 6 4081 3899
4  Belarus 1 3 1 5 4256 4032
5  France 1 1 0 2 N/A N/A
6=  Estonia 1 0 0 1 3687 N/A
6=  Slovenia 1 0 0 1 N/A N/A
6=  Serbia 1 0 0 1 N/A N/A
9  Italy 0 1 3 4 4020 4132
10=  Hungary 0 1 1 2 N/A N/A
10=  Latvia 0 1 1 2 N/A N/A
10=  Romania 0 1 1 2 4001 3932
13=  Great Britain 0 1 0 1 N/A N/A
13=  Poland 0 1 0 1 N/A N/A
13=  Sweden 0 1 0 1 N/A N/A
16  Turkey 0 0 2 2 N/A N/A
17=  Armenia 0 0 1 1 N/A N/A
17=  Croatia 0 0 1 1 N/A N/A
17=  Portugal 0 0 1 1 N/A N/A
17=  Spain 0 0 1 1 N/A N/A

Participation

References

  1. Athletics News - 17.03. Nerius and Kozmus wins in Yalta. 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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