Christian Cantwell (USA) winner of the Shot Put final (© Getty Images)
Boston, USAChristian Cantwell, Adam Nelson, John Godina and Reese Hoffa, who among them lay claim to the 10 longest throws in the world for 2004, will compete in the Shot Put at the 2005 Reebok Boston Indoor Games on 29 January.
It will be the first time the Shot Put has been contested at the meet, which is celebrating its 10th year.
For fans, it is a dream match-up of the four men who collectively own 16 Olympic and World Championship medals. For Cantwell, 24, the Boston meet offers a rematch against the three Americans who denied him a spot on the US Olympic Team despite an outstanding season, which saw him remain as the furthest putter in the world in 2005.
Nelson, 29, won the Olympic silver medal in Athens, repeating his place from Sydney. Godina, 32, is a two-time Olympic medallist and four-time World Champion, while Hoffa, 27, is the 2004 World Indoor silver medallist and a 2004 Olympian.
Bekele’s opposition
It was also announced that Tim Broe (USA), Alistair Cragg (Ireland), Daniel Lincoln (USA), Kevin Sullivan (Canada), Jonathon Riley (USA) and Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) will face Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele at 3000 metres. All are 2004 Olympians.
Also in the field is Ethiopia’s Markos Geneti, who staged one of the biggest upsets of the 2004 indoor season when he defeated Haile Gebrselassie to win the 2-Mile indoor race in Birmingham, England, last winter.
