Sentences with phrase «shot put competition»

Ostapchuk had won bronze in Beijing but had apparently placed first in the shot put competition with a winning throw of 21.36 meters, or just a tad beyond 70 feet.

Not exact matches

Competition begins August 3, with medals awarded in the women's 10,000 meters and men's shot put, and reaches its conclusion with the men's marathon on the final day of London 2012.

There was more of a battle in the men's shot put as Joe Kovacs and David Storl went into the competition level on points.

Also out in the field and New Zealand's shot put star Valerie Adams extended her unbeaten streak to 55 competitions, her first throw of 19.96 m her best to claim victory ahead of Germany's Christina Schwanitz, while Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor leapt his best in the final round of the long jump to move from fifth to first and beat Commonwealth silver medallist Zarck Visser of South Africa by just one centimetre — 8.09 m to 8.08 m. Britain's Greg Rutherford — gold medallist ahead of Visser in Glasgow — leapt a best of 8.04 m for fourth as just eight centimetres separated the top five.

Paralympic and world shot put champion has aim of representing Wales in able - bodied competition at a future Commonwealth Games

Sophie McKinna will be among the seven British athletes travelling to Leiria, Portugal, for the European Cup Winter Throws competition on March 15 - 16 and the European junior shot put silver medallist says she is looking forward to testing herself at the top level at this early stage of the year.

Palfi only shot the film in January, but has been planning a quick turnaround, and it's expected to be complete by April, which should put him right in contention — perhaps even for a Competition slot?

Batman: Arkham city is at the top of many gamers most wanted list, and is most likely in with a fair shot of the Game of the Year crown, despite being up against some staggering competition, but I don't think anyone was expecting a 97 % score, which puts it 1 % ahead of the Batman: Arkham Asylum, in GamesMasters exclusive review of the title.

The shot put used in the men's division of shot putting (open competitions) weighs 16.01 pounds (practically the same upper limit weight as a regulation bowling ball); the world record was set by Randy Barnes in 1990 when he threw a shot put a distance of 23.12 meters (almost twice the length of a GM Classic transit bus).

Field events consisted of the hula toss, tennis ball throw, shot put throw, softball throw, bean bag competition, standing long jump and the wheelchair slalom.

Sadly there's no flash incorporated on the rear of the Blade 3 which does put it at a slight disadvantage compared to the competition such as the Ascend G330 and Xperia Miro, and also means you won't be shooting anything in low light or dark situations.