Athletics At The 2011 Summer Universiade – Men's Hammer Throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 17 August. Results ReferencesResults {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade - Men's hammer throw Hammer 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

Hammer Throw
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip. The size of the ball varies between men's and women's competitions. History With roots dating back to the 15th century, the contemporary version of the hammer throw is one of the oldest of Olympic Games competitions, first included at the 1900 games in Paris, France (the second Olympiad of the modern era). Its history since the late 1960s and legacy prior to inclusion in the Olympics has been dominated by Europe and Eastern European influence, which has affected interest in the event in other parts of the world. The hammer evolved from its early informal origins to become part of the Scottish Highland games in the late 18th century, where the original version of the event is sti ...
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Mirko Micuda
Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic languages, Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocorism, hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of Miroslav (given name), Miroslav in some Slavic languages. The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. The alternative spelling in Italian language, Italian and German language, German is Mirco (other), Mirco. The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name. Notable men with the forename Mirko: *Prince Mirko of Montenegro *Mirko Alilović *Mirko Bašić *Mirko Bellodi, Italian *Mirko Bogović *Mirko Boland, German *Mirko Bolesan, Italian *Mirko Bortolotti, Italian *Mirko Br ...
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