World champions Ryan Crouser, Shericka Jackson, Kristjan Ceh and Tobi Amusan will headline the Memorial Istvan Gyulai in Szekesfehrvar, the penultimate Continental Tour Gold meeting of this season.
The Hungarian meeting dedicated to the memory of former World Athletics General Secretary Istvan Gyulai will be an important test for many global stars one month before the start of the World Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 19 to 27 August.
Men’s discus throw:
World champion Kristjan Ceh will clash against Olympic champion Daniel Stahl from Sweden, world silver medallist and European champion Mykolas Alekna and 2017 world champion Andrius Gudzius from Lithuania, and Olympic silver medallist Simon Petterson from Sweden.
Ceh improved his Slovenian record to 71.86m in Johvi setting the fourth best performance on the world all-time list and won four top meetings in Doha with 70.89m, Rabat with 70.32m, Ostrava with 68.55m and Stockolm with 69.83m. The Slovenian thrower threw over the 70 metres barrier with 70.54m in Velenje.
Stahl beat Ceh at the Continental Tour Gold in Turku with 70.38m and finished second in Johvi with the second best throw of his career of 71.45m. Stahl is tied with Ceh in their career head-to-head clashes at 14-14.
Alekna improved his PB to 71.00 in Berkeley last April and won the European Under 23 gold medal with 68.34m in Espoo last week.
Men’s hammer throw:
All three medallists from the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021 and the World Championships in Eugene 2022 will be in the spotlight in the men’s hammer throw. Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki will renew his rivalry against five-time world champion Pawel Fajdek and Elvind Henriksen. Wojciech threw three times over the 80 metres and set the world seasonal lead with 81.92m at the Bislett Games in Oslo. The Polish thrower took the win at the Memorial Kamila Skolimowska in Chorzow with 80.02m.
The line-up also features 2019 world bronze medallist Bence Halacz from Hungary and Olympic fourth placer Mykhaylo Kokhan from the Ukraine.
Men’s shot put:
Olympic and world champion Ryan Crouser Is aiming to continue his winning streak this year. Crouser broke his own world record with 23.56m in Los Angeles and won four consecutive competitions in the past month in Ostrava with 22.63m, Lausanne with 22.29m, at the US Championships in Eugene with 22.86m and Chorzow with 22.55m.
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