2014 European Cup Winter Throwing

2014 European Throwing Cup Leiria2014logo.png 16 2013 2015 The 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 16 and 17 March at the Centro Nacional de Lançamentos (National Throws Centre) and Estádio Municipal in Leiria, Portugal. It was the fourteenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athletic Association and the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo. 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. Two athletes defended their titles from 2013: Latvia's Zigismunds Sirmais retained the men's javelin in 81.60 and Russia's Yevgeniya Kolodko topped the women's shot put with a mark of 18.66. One world-leading mark came in the senior section in the form of Aleksandr Lesnoy's 21.23 in the shot put. Two national records were improved during the two-day event: Dejan Mileusnić had a men's javelin Bosnian and Herzegovinian record with his first round throw of 80.40 while Androniki Lada twice improved the Cypriot record in the discus, throwing 55.08 then 55.66.Fajdek hammers home his power and glory on Day 1. European Athletics (2014-03-15). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.Sirmais is the golden boy on Day 2. European Athletics (2014-04-16). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.Strong silver for Fortes at home. European Athletics (2014-03-19). Retrieved on 2014-03-26. The under-23 section had several performers beat the standards set in the senior competitions. Maksym Bohdan set a world lead of 83.41 to win the men's under-23 javelin, while his female counterpart Liina Laasma gave the best javelin performance at the competition overall to win her under-23 event. Quentin Bigot's hammer throw of 74.42 would have been enough for the senior podium and Shanice Craft's mark of 64.16 in the women's under-23 discus was just four centimetres of the senior winner. Montenegro's Danijel Furtula was the under-23 men's discus winner for a third year running. Russia and Germany were the best in the team competitions, with the former winning the senior and under-23 men's titles and the latter taking both women's team titles.Results. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-26. Leiria was chosen as the host at the European Athletics Executive Board meeting in Lausanne on 17 September 2013.Leiria to host 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing. European Athletics (2014-11-27). Retrieved on 2014-03-26. During the competition the results were provided on a live mode, using Lap2Go technology . Lap2Go (2014-01-01). Retrieved on 2016-01-01. Medal summary Men Shot putAleksandr Lesnoy RUS 21.23 mMarco Fortes POR 21.01 mGeorgi Ivanov BUL 20.59 mDiscus throwViktor Butenko RUS 64.38 mErik Cadée NED 63.56 mChristoph Harting GER 62.56 mHammer throwPaweł Fajdek POL 78.75 mKrisztián Pars HUN 77.96 mDenis Lukyanov RUS 74.11 mJavelin throwZigismunds Sirmais LAT 81.60 mThomas Röhler GER 81.17 mRisto Mätas EST 80.58 m Women Shot putYevgeniya Kolodko RUS 18.66 mAlena Kopets BLR 18.58 mYulia Leantsiuk BLR 18.55 mDiscus throwMélina Robert-Michon FRA 64.20 mAnna Rüh GER 63.21 mDragana Tomašević SRB 59.26 mHammer throwJoanna Fiodorow POL 72.70 mÉva Orbán HUN 72.49 mKathrin Klaas GER 70.99 mJavelin throwLinda Stahl GER 61.20 mKatharina Molitor GER 60.97 mMartina Ratej SLO 59.57 m Under-23 men Shot putFrederic Dagee FRA 19.05 mMesud Pezer BIH 18.68 mMartin Novák CZE 18.68 mDiscus throwDanijel Furtula MNE 62.19 mDaniel Ståhl SWE 57.70 mAleksandr Kirya RUS 57.52 mHammer throwQuentin Bigot FRA 74.42 mYevgeniy Korotovskiy RUS 70.01 mPedro José Martín ESP 69.76 mJavelin throwMaksym Bohdan UKR 83.41 mJan Kubeš CZE 76.15 mYegor Yermoshin RUS 74.71 m Under-23 women Shot putEmel Dereli TUR 17.33 mShanice Craft GER 17.16 mViktoryia Kolb BLR 16.81 mDiscus throwShanice Craft GER 64.16 mViktoriya Klochko UKR 53.74 mElçin Kaya TUR 51.41 mHammer throwMalwina Kopron POL 69.30 mAlyona Shamotina UKR 67.87 mBarbara Špiler SLO 67.12 mJavelin throwLiina Laasma EST 63.17 mSara Kolak CRO 57.79 mPrescilla Lecurieux FRA 56.91 m Team points table NationMen pointsWomen pointsMen U23 pointsWomen U23 points 4454 4136 4078 3731 4243 4222 3611 3593 4195 3796 3842 3820 4068 3627 4055 3311 3068 4263 3865 4164 4128 3995 4041 3839 3795 3542 References Results Results. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-26. 14th European Cup Winter Throwing, Estadio Municipal Dr. Magalhães Pessoa. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-03-26. Tech provider. Retrieved on 2016-01-01 External links Official website Category:European Throwing Cup European Cup Winter Throwing Winter Throwing Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Portugal Category:Sport in Leiria