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Alex Smith - U20 NoEAA Championship Win

May 29 - Alex Smith won the hammer at the U20 North of England Championships with a personal best performance of 65.62m. This was only 20cm short of the championship record held by his dad, Dave.

Posted 30/05/2004

New Junior League Record

May 23 - Alex Smith has set a new junior league record of 64.95m with the 6.00kg hammer. This is an incredible achievement, especially considering he is still throwing in the U17 age group.

Posted 26/05/2004

Laura Douglas Sets Welsh Senior Record

Laura Douglas has broken the welsh senior record with a personal best throw of 59.15m. This was set on the 22 May at the North Wales Championships held in Deeside.

Posted 22/05/2004

Still more work for GB Hammer Throwers

Ian Tempest has produced his latest set of rankings which include county championship performances. Particular performances to note in the mens top 10 are Carl Saggers, Karim Chester and Mick Jones.

To download the rankings please Click Here

Posted 20/05/2004

Latest Rankings Uploaded

Ian Tempest has produced his latest set of rankings which include county championship performances. Particular performances to note in the mens top 10 are Carl Saggers, Karim Chester and Mick Jones.

To download the rankings please Click Here

Posted 20/05/2004

Lorraine Shaw - Olympic Diary Entry

Lorraine's latest diary entry in the run-up to the Olympic Games.

Please Click Here

Posted 20/05/2004

Karim Chester - moves to 35th on UK All-Time

Karim Chester has moved up to 35th on the UK All-Time lists with a new personal best throw of 64.61m in Utah (US) on Saturday.

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Posted 17/05/2004

Moreno - 75m High

Yipsi Moreno (World Champion, 2003) has thrown 75.18m at the Cuban National Olympics. This performance breaks her own area record of 75.14m. For more information please Click Here

Posted 26/04/2004

Latest Hammer Rankings Uploaded

The latest hammer rankings produced by Ian Tempest have been uploaded. To download them please Click Here

Posted 21/04/2004

Olympic Security Fears Could Spell Disaster
It is possible that Britain may boycott the Olympic Games in Athens if they feel that security is compromised.

The olympic project is already behind schedule and this has raised concerns over security. The organisers remain optimistic, but their have already been trade-offs in an attempt to get the games back on-schedule.

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Posted 10/04/2004

Alex Smith Throws Massive Personal Best
Kingston Open, Hull:

Alex Smith (U17) threw a massive personal best of 69.62m with the 5k hammer on sunday; a competition in which he had 4 throws over 67m. This puts him 7th on the UK U17 all-time lists, ahead of Peter Vivian.
Posted 04/04/2004

First Hammer Rankings Uploaded

Ian Tempest has produced his first set of hammer rankings. It's early in the season so the list is a little thin but there are some good performances. To download them please Click Here

Posted 31/03/2004

A New contender for Athens Gold

Zhang Wenxiu set a new womens asian record of 72.95m at her first meeting of the season. Wenxiu's previous best from last year was 70.93m set last year. For more information please Click Here

Posted 28/03/2004

Moreno throws 73.25m ending her first training stage towards Athens

To view this news item on the iaaf website please Click Here

Posted 27/03/2004

Lorraine Shaw - Olympic Diary Entry

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Posted 17/03/2004

Shirley Webb Makes World Class Breakthrough

Shirley Webb opened her season with a massive personal best of 67.52m at the European Winter Throws challenge based in Malta.

The competition was won by Germany’s Andrea Bunjes with 67.99m and Shirley was a close second. More significantly she now has the olympic A qualifying standard and is placed 2nd on the UK All-time rankings.

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Posted 15/03/2004

Moreno keeps improving

Yipsi Moreno has set yet another world leading mark of 74.43m. She's still far from satisfied and believes that the world record is well within reach. The current womens world record is 76.07m by Mihaela Melinte of Romania.

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Posted 14/03/2004

Yipsi Moreno leads the world

Yipsi Moreno has set another world leading mark of 73.70m. The series was 70.85, 71.28, 71.27, 71.57, 73.70, NT.

To view the news item on the IAAF website please Click Here

Posted 09/03/2004

Lorraine Shaw - Olympic Diary Entry

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Posted 19/02/2004

GB Team For European Winter Throwing Challenge - Malta

Mick Jones, Lorraine Shaw, Shirely Webb and Zoe Derham are all due to take part. To view this news item on the UK Athletics website, please Click Here

Posted 19/02/2004

Zoe Derham opens with 61.42m in Austrailia

To view this news item on the UK Athletics website, please Click Here

Posted 13/02/2004

Hammer Shoe Poll Results

Thanks to everyone who voted. There were a total of 87 votes. For the results Click Here

Posted 31/01/2004

Sports City Athletics Arena Open

A stadium has been completed around the warm-up track from the commonwealth games. Its 6,000 undercover seats span the whole of the perimeter of the track. The £3.5m arena was funded with the aid of the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA), European Regional Development Fund and Manchester City Council.

For more information please Click Here

Posted 23/01/2004

A New Breed of Athlete?

Could Super Human athletes become a reality? It is possible that athletes could be using gene therapy to enhance performance by the 2008 olympic games. The world anti-doping authority (WADA) is so concerned that it has been developing tests to detect "gene doping".

Here are a few chilling articles which give an insight into how gene doping could affect sport:

Posted 19/01/2004

Melissa Price Tests Positive

US hammer women's hammer champion Melissa Price (2003 best of 70.34m) has tested positive for the banned substance THG (tetrahydrogestrinone). Price has denied taking the designer steroid and will file an appeal.

For more information please Click Here

Posted 19/01/2004

Massive Personal Best

Karim Chester, the U20 AAA's champion last year, has improved his personal best to 62.48m with the senior implement. His excellent performance represents a 9m increase on his previous best. It places him 13th on the UK senior rankings for 2003, just below Carl Saggers's performance of 62.60m.

Karim has been studying and training at North Arizona University (US) since August of last year.

Posted 12/01/2004

IAAF Journals - Koji Murofushi

Anyone for barrel throwing? Here is the first IAAF journal entry by Koji this year. To view it please Click Here

Posted 07/01/2004

IAAF Throws Review 2003

The IAAF end of year throws review is now available on their website. To view this page please Click Here

Posted 01/01/2004

Welcome to the new Hammer Throw website!

It's been a while since this site has been updated so here is a shiney new design for 2004.

I have now uploaded the new rankings lists (2003), added some more videos and added some more photo sequences. The information page includes documents detailing the rule changes for 2004/2005 to the hammer handle and cage. Navigation is now via the drop down menu at the top right of the page. I would appreciate any feedback.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all the best for the new year!!!

Roger

Posted 30/12/2003