Doha 2009: M-SP: Hoffa (21.64m WL)

[EPelle]

2009 WL: 21.53m Christian Cantwell USA*

* New WL: Hoffa (21.64m)

Order:

1 208 WINGER Russell USA
2 200 SINGH OM Prakash IND
3 204 AL-SUWAIDI Khalid Habash QAT
4 197 MARTIN Scott AUS
5 202 AL-HEBSHI Sultan Abdulmajeed KSA
6 201 SCOTT Dorian JAM
7 207 NELSON Adam USA
8 198 ARMSTRONG Dylan CAN
9 206 HOFFA Reese USA
10 203 MAJEWSKI Tomasz POL


Powell earlier noted that WL Cantwell was earlier confirmed but has since scratched ahead of the actual meet.

[LopenUupunut]

Are my eyes playing tricks on me, or did Al-Hebshi just put in a 21.13 AR?

[Powell]

That's what they just showed on tv - but it's surely not possible :shock:

[croflash]

He had previously established a PB of 20.61 in Donezk in 2007.

[tandfman]

I saw the same thing and wondered the same thing. It looked as if the graphic that showed that mark immediately followed a throw by what looked like Hoffa. (Yes, I know what Hoffa looks like, but it was a long camera shot and it was up on the screen only for a moment.)

I, too, find it hard to believe that Al Habshi threw that far.

[Powell]

He had previously established a PB of 20.61 in Donezk 2007.

And he hasn't gone over 20 meters since then!

[Powell]

21.64 WL for Reese Hoffa

[jeremyp]

Did 20.61 in '07.

[tandfman]

OK, so the other throw wasn't Hoffa's.

Now I don't know what to think.

[Powell]

Al-Hebshi's other attempts in the competition were all below 20... But on the Mike Carter thread everyone tried to persuade me it's perfectly normal to have one attempt 4 feet above your normal level, so I guess this is no big deal, right? :roll:

[tandfman]

OK, they just showed Al-H's series through four throws, and they showed the 21.13, but none of the other three throws was over 20m, and looking at his fourth throw, I find it hard to believe that he could have thrown 21m. But there's no doubt that the throw that immediately preceded the graphic that showed the 21.13 was over the 21m mark.

[LopenUupunut]

Al-Hebshi's other attempts in the competition were all below 20... But on the Mike Carter thread everyone tried to persuade me it's perfectly normal to have one attempt 4 feet above your normal level, so I guess this is no big deal, right? :roll:

Things happen. Remember Marco Verni?

[Powell]

They never showed Majewski during the coverage, even though he finished second with 21.22 - the second best result of his career.

[Marlow]

Al-Hebshi's other attempts in the competition were all below 20... But on the Mike Carter thread everyone tried to persuade me it's perfectly normal to have one attempt 4 feet above your normal level, so I guess this is no big deal, right? :roll:

Correct!

[Per Andersen]

Tilastopaja has Al-Hebshi listed as being 1.80 tall and weighing 83kg ( 5-11, 183lbs). If that's the case that would be more unbelievable then the 21.13.

It would mean the guy is about as big as Walter Dix :shock: