Osleidys Menendez of Cuba automatically qualifies for the Javelin Throw final (© Getty Images)
In the penultimate edition of a seven part series to rekindle memories of this summer’s 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland (6 - 14 August 2005), and to get to know the gold medallists a little better, we present the Throws.
Over the course of nine days competition in the Finnish capital, 3 World records, 10 Championship records, and 9 Area records were established, and 43 (22 men and 21 women) new individual event champions were crowned.
As well as publishing reports and flash interviews about each event, the IAAF website through its team of staff and freelance writers produced a feature story/interview with each of these 43 Helsinki world beaters.
Yet given the huge volume of news published during those nine days, some of these articles will no doubt have passed by in a blur, and so to enable us to get better acquainted with these stars, many of whom are from an emerging young generation, we are now pleased to offer links to each of their feature stories/interviews.
Chris Turner
IAAF Editorial Manager
Click on links below to go to the articles
Men
Shot Put: Adam Nelson USA
Nelson outbids opponents, as his career turns full-circle in Helsinki
Discus Throw: Virgilijus Alekna HUN
Alekna delivers killer punch later than expected
Hammer Throw: Ivan Tikhon BLR
All the President’s men take Belarus to the top
Javelin Throw: Andrus Värnik EST
Värnik does the Backley dance of happiness
Women
Shot Put: Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR
Ostapchuk’s mental punch buries Olympia disappointment
Discus Throw: Franka Dietzsch GER
Dietzsch - 20 years over 60m and World champion once more
Hammer Throw: Olga Kuzenkova RUS
Kuzenkova was specifically focused by Helsinki and then spiritually inspired
Javelin Throw: Osleidys Menendez CUB
Menendez’s World record in her own words
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