¶09 WC mHT: Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 265-3 (80.84)

[bhall]

THE FORMCHART
1. Krisztián Pars (Hungary) ..............82.45 ...270-6 (’08)
2. Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) ...........82.30 ...270-0 (’07)
3. Igors Sokolovs (Latvia) .................80.14...262-11 (’09)
4. Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) ........79.28 ...260-1 (’09)
5. Yuriy Shayunov (Belarus) .............80.72..264-10 (’09)
6. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) .........81.81 ...268-5 (’03)
7. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) ......................80.50 ...264-1 (’01)
8. Marcus Esser (Germany) ..............81.10 ...266-1 (’06)
9. Szymon ZioÅ‚kowski (Poland) .......83.38 ...273-7 (’01)
10. Aleksey Zagornyi (Russia) .........82.43 ...273-9 (’02)

[rainy.here]

Why isn't Murofushi on this list? While he hasn't exactly had a tremendous year, a Bronze in Beijing is nothing to sneeze at (not forgetting Gold in Athens), and I don't expect him to medal, but out of the top 10?

[LopenUupunut]

Murofushi is out.

[rainy.here]

Thanks. I guess http://www.kojimurofushi.net/en/schedule/index.html isn't very up to date.

[LopenUupunut]

No comments during qualification here... Ziólkowski looked good and might be a marginal favorite for the 3rd medal now. Litvinov was also very convincing but he'd almost certainly have to PB for a medal. Shayunou, Sokolovs, Rubanko and, sadly, Karjalainen went out. Pity he's such a useless morning competitor Bronze could be really cheap here.

Group A 15 August 2009 - 12:00
Position Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 925 Szymon Ziólkowski POL 77.89 Q
2 556 Sergej Litvinov GER 77.68 Q
3 1036 Primož Kozmus SLO 77.55 Q
4 1024 Igor Vinichenko RUS 77.54 Q
5 653 Nicola Vizzoni ITA 76.95 q
6 289 András Haklits CRO 76.39 q
7 1103 Dilshod Nazarov TJK 75.83 q
8 771 Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi KUW 75.10
9 424 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN 74.09
10 338 Mohsen El Anany EGY 72.68
11 1200 Michael Mai USA 72.58
12 202 Yury Shayunou BLR 71.37
13 1195 A.G. Kruger USA 70.19
14 1155 Artem Rubanko UKR 69.81
15 783 Ainars Vaiculens LAT 66.89
16 1104 Amanmurad Hommadov TKM 57.39
963 Chris Harmse RSA NM

Group B 15 August 2009 - 13:20
Position Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 606 Krisztián Pars HUN 78.68 Q
2 197 Pavel Kryvitski BLR 77.85 Q
3 533 Markus Esser GER 76.81 q
4 1067 Libor Charfreitag SVK 76.29 q
5 1025 Aleksey Zagornyi RUS 75.38 q
6 314 Lukáš Melich CZE 74.47
7 1180 Thomas J. Freeman USA 74.19
8 781 Igors Sokolovs LAT 73.97
9 432 David Söderberg FIN 73.69
10 442 Jérôme Bortoluzzi FRA 73.09
11 1161 Olexiy Sokyrskiyy UKR 72.56
12 585 Aléxandros Papadimitríou GRE 72.02
13 359 Javier Cienfuegos ESP 72.01
14 201 Dzmitry Shako BLR 71.80
15 1121 Esref Apak TUR 70.70
16 115 Juan Ignacio Cerra ARG 69.37
17 624 Bergur Ingi Pétursson ISL 68.62

[Sinafan]

Wow, Belarussian hammer throwing doesn't look to good after a couple of positives and Shayunou's flop today :shock: . Rubanko and Sokolovs are other noticeable casualties while the old warhorse Ziolkowski knows how to impress when it matters, not to mention young Litwinow who coolly and impressively smashed the qualifier in his first throw.

[Tiago]

Russia with two men in the final. :shock: :shock:

[Terry Gibbs]

I believe Litvinov has dual citizenship, but cannot remember whether the other is Russian or Belorus.....

The other thing was that Jake Freeman was very close to qualifying, would have been good to see..

Think the women will be much tougher

[Powell]

Very slow start to the final - Pars and Kozmus both in the 75s in the first round. I hope the competition takes off at some point.

ZióÅ‚kowski now goes into the lead with 77.44. That's a bit better, but still not great.

[Powell]

Kozmus 79.74 in round 2. That's a bit more like it.
Foul for Pars on his second throw. He may need to improve in his next attempt just to make the top 8.

[Powell]

79.30 SB for ZióÅ‚kowski. In this competition this throw could well suffice for a medal.

[croflash]

It seems like most are just trying to get into the Top 8 and are not going all out which might backfire.

[jeremyp]

Pars only 5th at the top of the 3d round. Could be trouble!!!

[croflash]

Pars might not even be amongst those eight.

[Powell]

Another foul for Pars. He's in 5th right now, but all of these guys are capable of overtaking him...