Kanter's 240+ throw and discus physics

[NormZylstra]

NEWS FLASH???

I read (unofficial) that Estonia's Gerd Kanter threw the discus 73.38m (240-09) in Helsingborg today.

. . . his series:
(69.46m, 72.30m, 70.43m, 73.38m, 70.51m, 65.88m)

Can anyone find the meet results to confirm this?

[marknhj]

Holy ****! If that's true his series included 5 pr's and the 3rd and 4th longest throws in history...

(research from pela's: www.alltime-athletics.com)

[tandfman]

Holy ****! If that's true his series included 5 pr's and the 3rd and 4th longest throws in history...

(research from pela's: www.alltime-athletics.com)

How could that series result in more than 3 PR's?

[NormZylstra]

How could that series result in more than 3 PR's?

Good point Mr. Sequential

... to avoid correction it would read "5 throwers better than his previous pr"

[marknhj]

How could that series result in more than 3 PR's?

Good point Mr. Sequential

... to avoid correction it would read "5 throwers better than his previous pr"

whoops - operator error actually; scrolled down too quickly and thought his pr was 69.05m...blush...

[NormZylstra]

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is all over it ...

< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Kanter >

[tafnut]

google news has nada. I'd love to see what the wind conditions were. Bruchian?

[IFK_Vaxjo]

That's crazy!

Helsingborg is the new La jolla! This if true....not mentioned anywhere....betters the "stadium" record with about 4 meters (Timo Tompuri's PB some years ago, actually witnessed that).

I'd say get Kanter, Alelkna and Tammert over there on a windy day like today(extremely windy in my hometown today, 200km away) and we'll have ourselves a new WR!

[pela2]

Haven't find anything yet to confirm this.


found a thing in Estonian...
seems to be the same source as above

http://www.sportnet.ee/index.php?id=32453


but nothing on any Swedish site yet.

[pela2]

The Swedish federation website at http://www.friidrott.se/ has now confirmed the performances by Kanter in Helsingborg.

New discus competitions is scheduled for Wednesday and next Tuesday in Helsingborg

[Powell]

That's crazy!

Helsingborg is the new La jolla! This if true....not mentioned anywhere....betters the "stadium" record with about 4 meters (Timo Tompuri's PB some years ago, actually witnessed that).

I think Tompuri beat his PB by an even greater margin than Kanter on that occasion.

Tilastopaja has now included Kanter's throw in its world lists as well.

[El Toro]

google news has nada. I'd love to see what the wind conditions were. Bruchian?

10-12m/s according to the link pela provided. That's 22-27mph.

[tafnut]

google news has nada. I'd love to see what the wind conditions were. Bruchian?

10-12m/s according to the link pela provided. That's 22-27mph.

We need some DT comps in Haiti, where all the hurricanes hit with full force. Can you imagine a throw with a 100mph+ wind? 80m? 90m? 100m?

[26mi235]

So why don't they have discus competitions in Wyoming? It is winder than any bicycle rider that I know prefers, and on a very regular basis. (not 3 hurricanes a year, where too much of a good thing is NOT wonderful, even for the discus).

[Andy Bloom]

Helsingbourg is one of the greatest winds available. I was there in 1998 and was amazed at the wind. It is much better than what I have seen the US. As an historical aside, I believe Powell had a PR 72.??m throw disallowed there for a sloping field. He still signs his autograph with that throw as his PR rather than his "official" PR. Ricky Bruch used to hold multiple competitions there on the same day when the wind was good. It became so rampant that the officials there will not allow more than one competition per one day (no matter how hard we begged).

Congratulations to Gerd on a great throw and a fantastic series.