The throwing festival, meeting of the “Journey to gold” circuit created by the American Federation, could not have better borne its name. Saturday, in Tucson (Arizona), the performances of very high level followed one another.
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Ryan Crouser crossed the 23-meter bar for the first time since 1990. The 28-year-old American pitcher shot 23.01m on the 5th down of a very dense competition (22.44m, 22.59m, 22.20m , trial, 23.01m, 22.86m) during the USATF Throws Festival. It is the fourth performance in history after the 23.12m and 23.10 of Barnes, world record holder, in May 20, 1990, and the 23.06m of the German Ulf Timmermann in 1988.
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Crouser, world indoor record holder (22.82m), broke his outdoor record of 10 centimeters and is still approaching the benchmark of Barnes, who tested positive for a steroid a few months after his records. Behind him, Joe Kovacs, who so far held the MPM, has achieved 22.04m.
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Le bond de van Klinken, Winkler confirme
On the disc, the Dutch Jorinde van Klinken (21) created a sensation by smashing her record of more than 4 meters with 70.22m. The Arizona State student had a record at 61.33m before this 2021 season, and took it to 62.58m and 65.94m in the last ten days. It’s the best throw since Croatian Sandra Perkovic’s 71.38m in 2018. Jamaican Shadae Lawrence, 2nd, broke the national record with 67.05m.
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Rudy Winkler, ERA holder at 81.98m, confirmed his role as contender for the Olympic podium at 81.44m, and a second best throw at 81.17m. Behind him, the density is superb with Sean Donnelly at 79.27m and Daniel Haugh at 79.03m, personal bests for the two US pitchers.
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US Quartet over 75 meters with a hammer
On the women’s side, Gwen Berry won a taste of the Trials with 76.79m, ahead of Brooke Andersen (76.36m) and world champion DeAnna Price (75.88m). A fourth American took her record to over 75 meters: Janee ‘Kassanavoid (75.50m, 4th). Note a new Nigeria record with 75.49m by Annette Echikunwoke, still American until December 31st.
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