The 2005

European Cup Winter Throwing The European Throwing Cup (until 2016 European Cup Winter Throwing) is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every ...

was held on 12 and 13 March at

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, Turkey. It was the fifth edition of the

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competition for throwing events organised by the

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. A total of 174 athletes from 29 countries entered the competition. It was the first time that the competition was held with the Cup name, changing from the European Winter Throwing Challenge moniker it had since its initial edition in 2001. The competition featured men's and women's contests in

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

and

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 consis ...

. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition.

Lada Chernova Lada Chernova (born 1 January 1970) is a Russian javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 63.35 meters, achieved in August 2007 in Tula. She finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup. She also competed at the 2006 European Athletics Championship ...

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was the sole "B" seeded athlete to take a medal, finishing as runner-up in the women's

. Two

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were broken during the competition: men's shot put winner

Rutger Smith Rutger Smith (born 9 July 1981 in Groningen) is a retired Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw. He is the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands ...

of the Netherlands set a new Dutch record with his throw of and women's hammer throw gold medallist

Ivana Brkljačić Ivana Brkljačić (born 25 January 1983 in Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany) is a former female hammer thrower from Croatia. Career She achieved good results as a teenager, winning the World Junior Championships twice and finishing 11th in ...

broke the Croatian record for the event with . Russia was easily the best performing nation of the tournament, taking the men's and women's titles on points and having the most medals, with three of each colour. Germany was runner-up in both men's and women's divisions and had the next most medals with one gold medal and three bronze. Women's hammer bronze medallist

Olga Kuzenkova Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in Smolensk) is a Russian track and field athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. She has tested positive for ...

was retrospectively found to be doping around 2004 to 2005, but due to limitations of retesting her disqualification was only for the period of August 2005 to 2007 and her mark in Mersin still stands.Two-year sanctions for Kuzenkova, Krivelyova and Bilonog
IAAF (2013-04-03). Retrieved on 2013-11-16.

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal and points table

Participation

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References

;Results
5th European Cup Winter Throwing Results
RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
Euro Chall Mersin TUR 12 - 13 March
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.

External links

Official website
(archived) {{European Athletics cups European Throwing Cup

International athletics competitions hosted by Turkey 2005 in European sport

Sport in Mersin