The 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 16 and 17 March at the Centro Nacional de Lançamentos (National Throws Centre) and Estádio Municipal in Leiria, Portugal. It was the fourteenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athletic Association and the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo. The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.
Two athletes defended their titles from 2013: Latvia's Zigismunds Sirmais retained the men's javelin in and Russia's Yevgeniya Kolodko topped the women's shot put with a mark of . One world-leading mark came in the senior section in the form of Aleksandr Lesnoy's in the shot put. Two national records were improved during the two-day event: Dejan Mileusnić had a men's javelin Bosnian and Herzegovinian record with his first round throw of while Androniki Lada twice improved the Cypriot record in the discus, throwing then .Fajdek hammers home his power and glory on Day 1. European Athletics (2014-03-15). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.Sirmais is the golden boy on Day 2. European Athletics (2014-04-16). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.Strong silver for Fortes at home. European Athletics (2014-03-19). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.
The under-23 section had several performers beat the standards set in the senior competitions. Maksym Bohdan set a world lead of to win the men's under-23 javelin, while his female counterpart Liina Laasma gave the best javelin performance at the competition overall to win her under-23 event. Quentin Bigot's hammer throw of would have been enough for the senior podium and Shanice Craft's mark of in the women's under-23 discus was just four centimetres of the senior winner. Montenegro's Danijel Furtula was the under-23 men's discus winner for a third year running.
Russia and Germany were the best in the team competitions, with the former winning the senior and under-23 men's titles and the latter taking both women's team titles.Results. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-26.
Leiria was chosen as the host at the European Athletics Executive Board meeting in Lausanne on 17 September 2013.Leiria to host 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing. European Athletics (2014-11-27). Retrieved on 2014-03-26.
During the competition the results were provided on a live mode, using Lap2Go technology . Lap2Go (2014-01-01). Retrieved on 2016-01-01. Medal summary
Men Shot put 21.23 m 21.01 m 20.59 mDiscus throw 64.38 m 63.56 m 62.56 mHammer throw 78.75 m 77.96 m 74.11 mJavelin throw 81.60 m 81.17 m 80.58 m
Women Shot put 18.66 m 18.58 m 18.55 mDiscus throw 64.20 m 63.21 m 59.26 mHammer throw 72.70 m 72.49 m 70.99 mJavelin throw 61.20 m 60.97 m 59.57 m
Under-23 men Shot put 19.05 m 18.68 m 18.68 mDiscus throw 62.19 m 57.70 m 57.52 mHammer throw 74.42 m 70.01 m 69.76 mJavelin throw 83.41 m 76.15 m 74.71 m
Under-23 women Shot put 17.33 m 17.16 m 16.81 mDiscus throw 64.16 m 53.74 m 51.41 mHammer throw 69.30 m 67.87 m 67.12 mJavelin throw 63.17 m 57.79 m 56.91 m
Team points table NationMen pointsWomen pointsMen U23 pointsWomen U23 points 4454 4136 4078 3731 4243 4222 3611 3593 4195 3796 3842 3820 4068 3627 4055 3311 3068 4263 3865 4164 4128 3995 4041 3839 3795 3542
References
Results Results. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-26. 14th European Cup Winter Throwing, Estadio Municipal Dr. Magalhães Pessoa. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-03-26. Tech provider. Retrieved on 2016-01-01
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