Ivan Tikhon of Belarus wins the men's hammer throw (© Getty Images)
Monte This coming Sunday (7 September) in Szombathely, Hungary, at the IAAF Accredited Training Centre (ATC) the spiritual home of Hammer throwing, the IAAF World Athletics Final Hammer Throw competitions for both men and women will take place.
The competitors, as decided by the IAAF World Rankings include all the World Championships medallists from Paris 2003 Saint-Denis, and are as follows –
Men
Murofushi, Koji JPN
Annus, Adrián HUN
Tikhon, Ivan BLR
Skvaruk, Andriy UKR
Konovalov, Ilya RUS
Kobs, Karsten GER
Kozmus, Primoz SLO
Charfreitag, Libor SVK
Women
Moreno, Yipsi CUB
Montebrun, Manuela FRA
Kuzenkova, Olga RUS
Melinte, Mihaela ROM
Keil, Susanne GER
Mahon, Anna USA
Skolimowska, Kamila POL
Sekachova, Iryna UKR
NB. A full preview of both competitions will be published on the IAAF internet - www.iaaf.org - later in the week.
World Athletics Final
Monaco 13-14 Sept 2003 (Hammer: Szombathely, 7 Sept 2003)
Athletes ranked in the top 7 positions in each event (11 positions for the races of 1500m and over) in the IAAF World Rankings automatically qualify
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