<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.

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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

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

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