The 2006 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 18 and 19 March at Hadar Yosef Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the sixth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 168 athletes from 28 countries entered the competition.European Cup Winter Throwing . RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition.Butcher, Michael (2006-03-19). Another title for Khoroneko, as Skolimowska shines at European Cup Winter Throwing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
Polish and Russian athletes dominated the proceedings. Poland won five of the eight contests while Russia provided the silver medallist in six events. Russia was the winner in the men's and women's team points competition.
Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus was the original winner of the shot put (and a frequent world medallist during the period). In 2013 all his results from August 2005 onwards were annulled after a retest of his doping sample from the 2005 World Championships in Athletics proved to be positive, resulting in a lifetime ban for the athlete.Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005. IAAF (2013-07-31). Retrieved on 2013-11-16. Romania's Gheorghe Guşet was promoted to first place in the European Cup field.
Medal summary +MenShot put 20.41 m 20.26 m 20.19 mDiscus throw 65.01 m 63.40 m 62.55 mJavelin throw 81.16 m 79.27 m 78.64 mHammer throw 79.04 m 78.54 m 77.00 m
+WomenShot put 19.18 m 18.55 m 18.30 mDiscus throw 61.89 m 61.70 m 60.86 mJavelin throw 60.06 m 59.15 m 57.28 mHammer throw 73.32 m 72.01 m 70.29 m
Medal and points table Key
1 5 1 0 6 7662 2 0 6 1 7 8531 8178 3= 1 0 1 2 5281 6137 3= 1 0 1 2 7339 5 1 0 0 1 4980 7732 6 0 1 1 2 6451 7= 0 0 1 1 6533 7= 0 0 1 1 5020 7593 7= 0 0 1 1 10= 0 0 0 0 7981 7834 10= 0 0 0 0 6428 3611 10= 0 0 0 0 5069 4956
Belarus's score in the men's team competition was originally 5373 points. Following Andrei Mikhnevich's disqualification in 2013, his points total of 1157 was replaced by that of his countryman Yury Bialou who was ninth with 1065 points.
References
Results 6th European Cup Winter Throwing Results . RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. ECp-WT Tel Aviv ISR 18 - 19 March European Cup Winter Throwing. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
External links Official website (archived)