<h2>European Throwing Cup</h2>
The event marks the beginning of the outdoor season for European throwers and Europe's best exponents often compete in the Cup.
Throwing events - shot put, discus, javelin and hammer - have traditionally been European strengths and this annual event gives an early indication of what to expect in the coming season.
As a team competition, competitors are also battling for points to help their nation in the overall standings.
The points earned by athletes are accumulated to determine the final ranking of participant teams.

Athletics is a sport for all seasons - and all surfaces as well!
With the festive break over and the first results emerging from the roads, cross country as well as the track, we look ahead with anticipation to what promises to be another action-packed and exciting season of athletics in 2023.&nbsp;
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/eccc-cross-country/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ECCC Cross Country - Oropesa del Mar (5 February)</a></h2>
The longest running cross country event on the European Athletics calendar takes place for the 58th time in the Spanish coastal town of Oropesa del Mar, just to the north of Castellon.
And hosts Playas de Castellon will be hoping for another successful outing on home soil. In last year&rsquo;s event in Oeiras, Ethiopia&rsquo;s Likina Amebew and Burundi&rsquo;s Rodrigue Kwizera - both of whom are based are train in Spain - took the individual senior titles for Playas de Castellon who also won the inaugural edition of the mixed relay.
The course which runs adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea is largely flat but there will be some challenging technical elements, including a 260 metre-section on sand and a sharp 180-degree turn known as La Curva de la Muerte &ndash; or &lsquo;The Death Turn.&rsquo;
<h2><a href="https://dna.run/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DNA Indoor U20 Match - Madrid (22 February)</a></h2>
The latest instalment of the fast-paced DNA takes place in Madrid, featuring teams from six countries taking part across 11 events in a non-stop two hour programme.
After winning the senior equivalent in Glasgow last February, will the Spanish U20 team repeat on home soil next month? They will face teams from Great Britain &amp; NI, Czech Republic, Ireland, France and Turkey.
<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics Indoor Championships - Istanbul (2-5 March)</a></h2>
Europe&rsquo;s flagship indoor championship takes place over four days in the Atakoy Stadium in Istanbul for the first time, the host venue for the 2012 World Athletics Indoor Championships.&nbsp;
High profile names who have already announced their intentions to compete include reigning Olympic and European champions Marcell Jacobs and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, both of whom won gold medals at the last edition in Torun 2021.
Jacobs is planning another full indoor season which begins in Lodz on 4 February while Ingebrigtsen is planning an assault on the world indoor 3000m record in Madrid en route to Istanbul.
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-throwing-cup/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Throwing Cup - Leiria (11-12 March)</a></h2>
The host city of Leiria will be a familiar setting to many participants as this will be the fifth time the European Throwing Cup has been held in the Portuguese city since 2015.
Last year&rsquo;s event was highlighted by Auriol Dongmo winning the shot put on home soil and Kristjan Ceh beginning his year with a victory over all three Olympic medallists in the discus, a precursor to his victory at the World Athletics Championships.
But the event and venue is most synonymous with Johannes Vetter who threw a humongous 92.70m to smash the championship record in the javelin when the 2018 European Throwing Cup was held in Leiria.&nbsp;
<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-race-walking-team-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Race Walking Team Championships - Podebrady (21 May)</a></h2>
Podebrady has a similar affinity with the race walking community with race walking events having been organised in the picturesque Czech spa town ever since the turn of the 20th century.
The biennial European Race Walking Team Championships will be held in Podebrady for the fourth time since 2017. Highlights in the 2021 edition included Antonella Palmisano winning the 20km race walk title en route to Olympic gold in Tokyo 2020 and Antigoni Ntrismpioti winning the inaugural women&rsquo;s 35km title.
<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-10000-m-cup/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European 10,000m Cup - Pac&eacute; (3 June)</a></h2>
The European 10,000m Cup returns to Pac&eacute; in north-west France for its second of three outings at the start of June.
In last year&rsquo;s event, France&rsquo;s Jimmy Gressier was a runaway winner of the individual title and led the hosts to team gold while Turkey&rsquo;s Yasemin Can showed some of her form of old, winning the individual women&rsquo;s title before regaining her European 10,000m title a few weeks later in Munich.
Past winners of the European 10,000m Cup include Fernanda Ribeiro (1998, 2003) and Paula Radcliffe (1999, 2001) on the women&rsquo;s side and Dieter Baumann (1997), Mo Farah (2010) and Richard Ringer (2018) on the men&rsquo;s side.&nbsp;
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-team-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics Team Championships - Silesia (20-25 June)</a></h2>
For the first time in event history, all divisions of the European Athletics Team Championships will be held under one roof as part of the third edition of the European Games.
Hosts Poland will be seeking their third successive title in the Slaski Stadium in Silesia after winning the trophy in both 2019 and 2021.&nbsp;The 1st Division takes pride of place in the timetable and occupies the evening session of the last three days of competition.
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics U23 Championships - Espoo (13-16 July)</a></h2>
The Finnish city of Espoo, situated just to the west of Helsinki, will be staging this year&rsquo;s edition of the European Athletics U23 Championships, a key stepping stone for athletes who have just graduated from the U20 ranks.
Highlights at the last edition in Tallinn included Kristjan Ceh and Yaroslava Mahuchikh winning gold with championship records in the discus and high jump respectively. Mahuchikh also remains eligible to defend her title in the high jump by virtue of a 2001 birthdate.
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<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-u20-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics U20 Championships - Jerusalem (7-10 August)</a></h2>
Many of the athletes who struck gold at the European Athletics U18 Championships last July are likely to make a return journey to the Givat Ram Stadium to contend for U20 honours as they continue their journey through the age-groups.
Highlights at last year&rsquo;s European Athletics U18 Championships included Mattia Furlani winning a long jump and high jump double, Niels Laros sweeping to gold in the 1500m and 3000m and Angelina Topic winning gold in the high jump with 1.92m.
<h2><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/spar-european-cross-country-championships/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SPAR European Cross Country Championships - Brussels (10 December)</a></h2>
Brussels will stage the SPAR European Cross Country Championships for the second time having previously hosted the event in 2008.
Belgian success at the most recent European Cross Country Championships in Turin came courtesy of Isaac Kimeli who won bronze in the senior race behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen who could potentially challenge for his seventh successive title across all age-groups in the Belgian capital.
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From Oropesa del Mar to Brussels! A look ahead to an action-packed 2023 season

Italian shot putter Zane Weir smashed the European Throwing Cup record with a 21.99m effort - the best outdoor throw in the world this year - on the second day of competition in Leiria, Portugal on Sunday (13).&nbsp;&nbsp;
On a day of high-quality throwing action, the competition&rsquo;s previous best of 21.32m by Russia&rsquo;s Aleksandr Lesnoy from 2018, was also eclipsed by Weir&rsquo;s compatriot Nick Ponzio who finished second.&nbsp;
Ponzio set the tone with a first-round mark of 21.52m, before Weir responded with the eventual winning throw that also put him second on the Italian all-time list behind 1984 Olympic champion Alessandro Andrei and level with Leonardo Fabbri, who holds their national indoor record.&nbsp;
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It was also a personal best for Weir, 26, who hurled the shot right to the back of the sector and usurped his previous mark of 21.66m from last summer. Ponzio battled back with a 21.83m PB of his own in the fourth round, which drew applause from supporters in the tightly-packed, intimate setting for the shot put in Leiria.&nbsp;
To his credit, Ponzio managed four throws over 21 metres. In turn, all six throws by third-placed Norway&rsquo;s Marcus Thomsen - a finalist at the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships - were over 20 metres. His best was 20.63m.&nbsp;
The result will give the Italian athletics team great confidence as Weir, who also threatened the 22 metre-line again with his fifth round throw of 21.89m, and Ponzio are set to resume battle at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on 18-20 March. &nbsp;
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Another reason why they will be smiling is due to Daisy Osakue producing an impressive discus victory to beat Portuguese record-holder and home favourite Liliana Ca, with the rain that was seen on the first day of the event mercifully clearing up on the second day.&nbsp;
While others were getting a mark on the board in the first round, Osakue spun through the circle and let out a roar as the discus floated cleanly through the air and out to 61.56m. The proverbial chasing pack struggled to find the sweet spot, with Ca going over 60 metres with her final go for third place and 60.72m.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Between them was Lisa Brix Pedersen, who recorded a best of 61.23m, three weeks after breaking the Danish record by throwing six centimetres further in Vagos, Portugal.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Unlike Osakue&rsquo;s early prowess, France&rsquo;s Alexandra Tavernier left it until the very last round to snatch gold in the women&rsquo;s hammer with 70.13m. Laura Redondo of Spain had led after producing a 69.72m season&rsquo;s best at the first time of asking, but the margin was tight as Tavernier, the European silver medallist, was just nine centimetres back after one effort each.&nbsp;
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With nothing to lose, the Frenchwoman gave it everything and finally produced the 70-metre throw she was after. In the process, she added to her 2018 victory in Leiria and made it six top-three finishes across seven editions of the European Throwing Cup, stretching back to 2015.&nbsp;
The day&rsquo;s other senior competition saw Romania&rsquo;s Alexandru Novac throw 80.49m to win the men&rsquo;s javelin competition in the same Dr. Magalh&atilde;es Pessoa Stadium where Johannes Vetter - the second-furthest thrower in history - achieved the 92.70m event record four years ago.&nbsp;
In the U23 category, Turkey&rsquo;s national U20 record-holder Alperen Karahan, now 21, produced an excellent series to win the men&rsquo;s shot put with five throws over 19 metres and a best of 19.81m to win by more than one metre from Muhamet Ramadani, who became Kosovo&rsquo;s first ever European U20 champion in Tallinn last summer, with 18.60m.
Meanwhile, France&rsquo;s Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba took the U23 discus crown with 55.38m and her compatriot Teura'itera'i Tupaia topped the javelin standings with 77.21m to ensure France would top the medal table courtesy of three gold medals on the final day.
The final event of the weekend saw Poland&rsquo;s Ewa Rozanska take centre stage and her best of 67.24m secured the U23 hammer title.&nbsp;
In total, the 16 titles were evenly distributed between 12 nations and 23 countries left Leiria with at least one medal for posterity.
Full results can be found<a href="https://www.leiria2022-23-24.com/horario.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> here.</a>&nbsp;

Weir shatters European Throwing Cup shot put record with 21.99m in Leiria

European indoor champion Auriol Dongmo converted her excellent indoor form to the outdoor stage on home soil on the first day of the European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal on Saturday (12).
Dongmo holds the world indoor lead with 19.90m and the Olympic fourth-placer added the outdoor equivalent to her list of accolades with a fourth round throw of 19.68m, only seven centimetres shy of her Portuguese outdoor record.
Given the inclement weather on offer on the first day of the European Throwing Cup, Dongmo put together an eye-catching series with all four valid efforts in excess of the 19 metre-line: 19.17m, 19.11m, 19.68m and 19.53m.
All of her valid efforts would have also sufficed for victory over the in-form Jessica Schilder from the Netherlands who was rewarded with a national outdoor record of 18.89m with Sweden&rsquo;s Fanny Roos third with 18.64m.&nbsp;
This same triumvirate will be challenging for more medals on the global stage at the World Athletics Indoor Championships which take place in Belgrade, Serbia from 18-20 March.
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In the discus, two-time European U23 champion Kristjan Ceh from Slovenia took arguably his biggest victory as a fully-fledged senior by snapping Olympic and world champion Daniel Stahl&rsquo;s winning streak of 17 competitions.&nbsp;
In a weather-affected competition, Stahl took a tentative lead in the third round with 65.95m but Ceh&rsquo;s riposte was immediate, regaining the ascendency with his very next throw which was measured at 66.11m.
The positions stayed the same for the remainder of the competition with Stahl&rsquo;s training partner Simon Pettersson, the Olympic silver medallist in Tokyo last summer, third with 63.80m.&nbsp;
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In the other senior competitions to take place on the first day, Hungary&rsquo;s Bence Halasz returned to form with victory in the hammer with 76.69m ahead of Spain&rsquo;s Javier Cienfuegos (75.59m) and Sweden&rsquo;s Ragnar Carlsson (75.26m) and Latvia&rsquo;s Lina Muze found 58.12m sufficient to win the women&rsquo;s javelin.
However, that mark was handily surpassed in the U23 competition by the precocious Serbian Adriana Vilagos. The 18-year-old world U20 champion surpassed the 60 metre-line in the second round with 60.72m for victory ahead of Norway&rsquo;s Kaja Peteersen who achieved the second best result of the day with 58.44m.
There was also an emotional victory for Ukraine's Myhaylo Kokhan who threw 74.59m to win the U23 men's hammer ahead of Germany's Merlin Hummel (71.73m) and Italy's Giorgio Olivieri (70.84m).
Full results can be found <a href="https://leiria22results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/daily-schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
The second day of the European Throwing Cup will be streamed live through the European Athletics Facebook page from 9.55am local time (GMT) tomorrow.&nbsp;

Dongmo blasts a 19.68m shot put at the European Throwing Cup

The 2022 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal will be streamed live this weekend through the European Athletics Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanAthletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
The stream begins at 10.25am GMT (11.25am CET) on Saturday and 9.55am GMT (10.55am CET) on Sunday and will be accompanied by expert English-language commentary. Live results will appear <a href="https://leiria22results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/daily-schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Geoblocking restrictions will apply in certain territories, including Great Britain &amp; NI, Germany, United States, Canada, Sweden and France.
For viewers in those territories, the European Throwing Cup can be watched live on the following platforms.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.vincosport.com/event/european-throwing-cup-leiria-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Great Britain &amp; NI&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://www.leichtathletik.de/termine/top-events/werfer-europacup-2022-leiria-live" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Germany</a>
<a href="https://european-throwing-cup.runnerspace.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States and Canada</a>
<a href="http://www.friidrottskanalen.se/livestream/s-europacupen-kast-i-leiria-cnai7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sweden</a>
<a href="https://www.sportall.fr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">France</a>
Other useful links
<a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/22535a7b-d43b-4227-af67-6f0ed590bc88/ETC%202022%20-%20Timetable%20(as%20of%2004.03.2022).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Timetable</a>
<a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/974054c4-1f0c-4dc5-a355-0531f3e94d20/ETC%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20-%20updated%20with%20Ukraine.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final entries</a>
<a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/stahl-headlines-stacked-discus-field-at-the-european-throwing-cup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Men&rsquo;s preview</a>
<a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/dongmo-poised-to-be-portugal-s-big-shot-for-success-at-the-european-throwing-cup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women&rsquo;s preview</a>
<a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/4c8a4c8d-bc9e-45cf-819d-0e1aacec7ccb/European_Throws_Men_2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Athletes&rsquo; biographies (men)</a>
<a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/4a2d3960-3e76-42f5-8326-82a9a3515fdc/European_Throws_Women_2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Athletes&rsquo; biographies (women)</a>
<a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/8493549a-f76d-43e2-afe9-825935c34579/2021%20Results.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2021 results</a>
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How to follow the 2022 European Throwing Cup

Reigning Olympic and world discus champion Daniel Stahl from Sweden will be one of the star attractions on show at the European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal on 12-13 March.
<a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/how-to-follow-the-2022-european-throwing-cup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to follow the European Throwing Cup.</a>
The yearly competition returns to its traditional mid-March slot after the coronavirus pandemic forced the event to be moved to May last year due to ongoing restrictions. Leiria will already be a familiar venue to most throwers and the Portuguese city will also stage the 2023 and 2024 editions of the event.
Stahl crested a winning streak of 17 competitions last year - which included victories at the Olympic Games and Diamond League finals - but the 29-year-old isn&rsquo;t guaranteed a comfortable passage on his season&rsquo;s opener. Among others, the line-up includes his training partner and Olympic silver medallist Simon Pettersson who is also the last thrower to defeat Stahl.
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Their Icelandic coach Vesteinn Hafsteinsson isn&rsquo;t making any predictions in terms of specific distances he expects from them - the weather forecast is also such that this might not be a weekend for massive distances - but he is &ldquo;expectant&rdquo; ahead of their entry into the 2022 season.
"I am positive and expectant. Their training has gone well during the winter, and they can throw far," he said in an interview with Svensk Friidrott ahead of the event.
But the biggest challenge to Stahl should come from Kristjan Ceh, the bespectacled six-foot-eight Slovenian who is the newest member of the lucrative 70 metre-club.&nbsp;
Ceh extended his European U23 record to 70.35m last summer in Kuortane, Finland in a competition where Stahl took the victory with 70.55m, one of only a handful of occasions where two athletes have broken the 70 metres in the same competition.
In terms of recent form, Stahl and Ceh are evenly matched. Stahl threw 67.62m in an indoor discus competition which was staged in conjunction with the Swedish Indoor Championships - although it was reported Stahl had a no-throw measured at a would-be world indoor best of 71.60m - while Ceh opened his season with a mark of 67.27m at the Slovenian Winter Throwing Championships.
The line-up also includes Stahl&rsquo;s predecessor as Olympic champion Christoph Harting from Germany, who is looking to rebuild his career ahead of the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships, and Romania&rsquo;s world fourth-placer Alin Alexandru Firfirica.
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Another Olympic medallist in action this weekend will be Eivind Henriksen from Norway, the silver medallist from Tokyo in the hammer. The Norwegian won the &lsquo;B&rsquo; competition when Leiria last staged the European Throwing Cup in 2018 but he should contend for victory in the showcase event, especially in the absence of Poles Wojciech Nowicki and Pawel Fajdek.
Henriksen&rsquo;s main rival should be Hungary&rsquo;s Bence Halasz and the Greek duo of Christos Frantzeskakis and Michail Anastaskis, both of whom have already surpassed the 77 metre-line this year.
Another highlight will be the men&rsquo;s shot put featuring the Italian pair of Nick Ponzio and Zane Weir - both of whom have broken the 21 metre-barrier during the indoor season - and Norway&rsquo;s Marcus Thomsen.
The men&rsquo;s shot put could offer the best chance of Portuguese success on the men&rsquo;s side with Francisco Belo and Tsanko Arnaudov due to compete. Both athletes have broken the 21 metre-barrier in their careers and have season&rsquo;s bests of 20.64m and 20.31m respectively.
With Johannes Vetter from Germany absent from the javelin, this opens up the competition to the likes of Turkey&rsquo;s Emin Oncel and Spain&rsquo;s Manu Quijera, the only two athletes to have surpassed the 80 metre-line this year with season&rsquo;s bests of 81.20m and 80.88m respectively.&nbsp;
Leandro Ramos has thrown even further this year with 82.22m but the Portuguese thrower, 21, has opted for the U23 division before graduating into the senior ranks next year.
There will also be significant interest in the performance of the precocious Ukrainian hammer thrower Myhaylo Kokhan, one of six Ukrainian athletes who were added to the entry-lists earlier this week.
Kokhan was a brilliant fourth at the Tokyo Olympics at the age of 20 but the Ukrainian has chosen to contest the U23 ranks on his season&rsquo;s debut. Now 21, Kokhan has won European titles at U18, U20 and U23 level and also won the U23 category at the European Throwing Cup in 2019 when he was only 18.
A full list of entries can be found <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/974054c4-1f0c-4dc5-a355-0531f3e94d20/ETC%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20-%20updated%20with%20Ukraine.pdf">here</a><a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/aeef67e8-d1fa-4472-9507-e7a1358ea2db/ETC%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20(1).pdf">.</a>
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Stahl headlines stacked discus field at the European Throwing Cup

European indoor shot put champion Auriol Dongmo is among those hoping to give home supporters something to cheer about at the European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal on 12-13 March.
<a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/how-to-follow-the-2022-european-throwing-cup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to follow the European Throwing Cup.</a>
The world outdoor leader set an outright national record to 19.90m in winning the Portuguese indoor title in February - the world&rsquo;s longest throw indoors in six years - and she will face the woman she beat at the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Sweden&rsquo;s Fanny Roos.
But another finalist from that same event, Jessica Schilder, could be her closest rival in a competition expected to set the tone for the upcoming World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.&nbsp;
The 22-year-old Dutchwoman recently improved her personal best by almost half-a-metre to 19.72m in Apeldoorn. Five-time European medallist Anita Marton of Hungary, who returned to the sport after giving birth last year, is also involved.&nbsp;
The women&rsquo;s discus features the Portuguese Olympian duo of Liliana Ca (pictured) and Irina Rodrigues who were first and second in Split, Croatia in 2021. Ca also bettered her country&rsquo;s national record by throwing out to 66.40m in the same city last year, before going onto finish fifth at Tokyo 2020.
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They will be up against a strong German contingent including three-time European medallist Shanice Craft and former European Throwing Cup winner Nadine Muller. Another veteran to watch out for is 42-year-old Melina Robert-Michon who was present for the very first edition of this competition in 2001. The 2016 Olympic silver medallist is targeting a seventh successive Olympic appearance on home soil in Paris 2024.
World and European medallist Alexandra Tavernier of France is one of the favourites in the hammer. The 28-year-old was third in 2021, but this year&rsquo;s event is without the excellent Polish duo of Olympic medallist Malwina Kopron and world record-holder and three-time Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk, who were ahead of her in Split, Croatia last year.&nbsp;
Instead, World University Games bronze medallist Katarzyna Furmanek will be flying the flag for Poland, with Romania&rsquo;s Bianca Ghelber, who was sixth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, also expected to feature prominently. There will also be Ukrainian representation in the women's hammer courtesy of long-time internationals Iryna Klymets and Alona Shut who were among the six Ukrainian athletes added to the final entries earlier this week.
Also included in the senior category is the 19-year-old Finnish record-holder Silja Kosonen &ndash; who threw 73.43m last year when she was just 18. Kosonen &ndash; who was one of a select few athletes who won both world and European U20 titles in 2021 &ndash; travels to Leiria alongside the Finn who used to hold the national record, Krista Tervo.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/b78e338e-babb-40c2-885d-bd10c21fc4f2" alt="European Athletics U20 Championships - Day 3" width="3800" height="2533" />
Another young talent competing in the senior ranks - this time in the javelin - is European U20 champion Elina Tzengko of Greece, who has won her national title the last two years running and is still only 19. Names which also stand out are Austria's Victoria Hudson, Latvia's Lina Muze and Norway's Sigrid Borge, 26, who is a former winner of the U23 category in this event.
In that category, world U20 javelin champion Adriana Vilagos of Serbia is the only thrower who has gone over the respected 60-metre mark using the senior implement, with a best of 62.36m in Zagreb in September 2021. Vilagos also won this category in Split last year when, at 17, she upset throwers more than five years her senior.&nbsp;&nbsp;
A number of hopefuls have entered into both of the U23 discus and shot put competitions. Among them is Alida Van Daalen of the Netherlands - a five-time European medallist across U18 and U20 levels - who has lifetime bests of 59.15m and 16.77m respectively.
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Down to join her in doubling-up is the European U23 discus bronze medallist Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba, who won the same colour medal at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Boras, Sweden in 2019. Also included in the discus is the Turk who was ahead of her on that occasion, Ozlem Becerek, who has the same personal best as Van Daalen.
Other notable entrants in the U23 shot put include Becerek's compatriot Pinar Akyol, the 18-year-old reigning European U20 gold medallist and the only 17-metre thrower in the line-up.
Ewa Roszanska is the Polish U23 title-holder in both the shot put and the hammer and is entered for both events in Leiria. Joining her in the latter discipline are 67-metre thrower Romania's Ana Adela Stanciu, European U23 finalist Sara Forssell of Sweden and European U20 fourth-placer Charlotte Payne of Great Britain.
A full list of entries can be found <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/974054c4-1f0c-4dc5-a355-0531f3e94d20/ETC%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20-%20updated%20with%20Ukraine.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a><a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/aeef67e8-d1fa-4472-9507-e7a1358ea2db/ETC%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20(1).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">.</a>

Dongmo poised to be Portugal’s big shot for success at the European Throwing Cup

Six Ukrainian athletes have been added to the entry lists for the European Throwing Cup which takes place in Leiria, Portugal on 12-13 March.&nbsp;
Both European Athletics and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) are very pleased to be able to welcome a Ukrainian team to Leiria after their participation looked in jeopardy following the Russian invasion of Ukraine last month.&nbsp;
Their participation has been made possible thanks to the strong wish of European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov, the financial and logistical support of European Athletics and assistance from both the Polish Athletic Association and the Turkish Athletic Federation.&nbsp;
European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov said: &ldquo;Sport has the power to send a message of hope and bring together athletes from different backgrounds and cultures. It places them on a level playing field where the only language is that of competition and fair play.&nbsp;
&ldquo;That is why we must do all we can at European Athletics to support and encourage the participation of Ukrainian athletes at our forthcoming events.&rdquo;&nbsp;
In light of the invasion, Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to compete at the European Throwing Cup following sanctions imposed on their respective federations by the European Athletics Council last week.
Updated final entries can be found <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/974054c4-1f0c-4dc5-a355-0531f3e94d20/ETC%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20-%20updated%20with%20Ukraine.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Ukraine&rsquo;s team for the European Throwing Cup in Leiria:&nbsp;
Women&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Olena Hamaza (U23 hammer)</li>
<li>Daria Harkusha (U23 discus)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Iryna Klymets (hammer)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Alona Shut (hammer)&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Men&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Mykhailo Kokhan (U23 hammer)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Roman Kokoshko (shot put)&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Team leader&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Iryna Novozhylova&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;

Six Ukrainian athletes to compete at the European Throwing Cup

Final entries for the European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal on 12-13 March have been published and can be found <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/aeef67e8-d1fa-4472-9507-e7a1358ea2db/ETC%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20(1).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
One of the highlights is the men&rsquo;s discus which features Sweden&rsquo;s Olympic gold and silver medallist Daniel Stahl and Simon Pettersson from Sweden and Kristjan Ceh from Slovenia, the newest member of the 70 metre-club.
Stahl and Ceh both surpassed the 70 metre-line last season and their budding rivalry included a significant clash in Kuortane, Finland last June when Stahl produced a throw of 70.55m to defeat Ceh who had extended his European U23 record to 70.35m earlier in the competition.&nbsp;
This was only the fifth time in history that two throwers had surpassed the 70 metre-line in the same competition.&nbsp;
The line-up also includes Germany&rsquo;s Christoph Harting, Stahl&rsquo;s predecessor as Olympic champion, who is on the comeback trail ahead of the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships, and Romania&rsquo;s Alin Alexandru Firfirica who finished fourth at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.&nbsp;
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Another standout head-to-head features local interest as Portugal&rsquo;s European indoor champion Auriol Dongmo takes on Jessica Schilder from the Netherlands in a prospective dress rehearsal of the World Athletics Indoor Championships the following weekend.
Dongmo and Schilder have traded the world lead all through the indoor season and the Portuguese currently has ownership of this accolade with her winning effort of 19.90m from the Portuguese Indoor Championships last weekend, the best throw indoors in six years.
If all goes to form, European indoor silver medallist Fanny Roos from Sweden shouldn&rsquo;t be too far behind the leading duo while reigning world indoor champion Anita Marton - who is also a multiple winner at the European Throwing Cup - continues her comeback from maternity leave.
There should also be home interest in the women&rsquo;s discus courtesy of Liliana Ca and Irina Rodrigues who took a one-two for Portugal in Split last year. Germans Shanice Craft and Nadine Muller will also be in action along with French veteran Melina Robert-Michon who has her sights set on a seventh Olympic appearance in Paris 2024.
Olympic silver medallist Eivind Henriksen from Norway faces Bence Halasz from Hungary in the hammer and Italians Nick Ponzio and Zane Weir will challenge for a one-two in the men&rsquo;s shot put.&nbsp;
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/3dd66a05-93e2-482e-b7a5-3e9b12766ac6" alt="European Athletics U20 Championships - Day 3" width="3800" height="2533" />
The European Throwing Cup will also provide us with a first glimpse this season of three of the continent&rsquo;s brightest prospects in the throwing events.&nbsp;
Reigning world and European U20 champion Silja Kosonen from Finland, 19, is eschewing the U23 category to compete against the seniors in the women&rsquo;s hammer. Fellow European U20 champion and 19-year-old Elina Tzengko from Greece is also following suit in the javelin.&nbsp;
But reigning world U20 javelin champion Adriana Vilagos from Serbia has opted to compete in the U23 category. The Serbian won in this age-group in Split last year with 60.22m at the age of 17 to defeat throwers up to five years her senior.

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