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Good for Gerd (0)

gerd san diego.JPG After Zurich DL we decided that Gerd Kanter would train for 2-3 more weeks and do that pretty freely, have fun and maybe compete in some small meets and then take a long rest after this season.

Priidu and Meigo are training in Växjö (0)

Meigo and Priidu Priidu Niit and Meigo Tammsaar have been here in Växjö since the 25th August and will leave on Friday. Both were preparing for the Nordic/Baltic Match U23 to be held in Söderhamn, Sweden this weekend.

Great finish for Niklas in Stockholm (0)

Niklas Arrhenius 2010 1.JPG Niklas Arrhenius had his last meet of the season today in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the Swedish Team Cup and Niklas won both shot and discus for his club Spårvägen.

Navdeep throws her best (0)

Navdeep dhaliwal chula vista Navdeep Dhaliwal threw 50.72m yesterday in a meet in GBR and was second behind Philippa Roles, Kirsty Law was third.

Niklas with two great wins (0)

niklas arrhenius.JPG Niklas Arrhenius had another great meet in Helsinki, Finland today and yesterday. In the national meet between Sweden and Finland, called Finnkampen Niklas won shot put yesterday with a throw of 19.48m. Today he won the discus with a throw of 62.26m.

Good throwing for Priidu (0)

Priidu & Meigo Priidu Niit threw the discus 56.33m in a meet in Estonia today. Priidu that has thrown 57.60m this year has been showing good consistency this season and this for one of his best meets. Priidu is in good shape but has been struggling a little with his technique.

Raigo Toompuu throws 20m again (0)

Raigo Toompuu put the shot for the first time over 20m in 2008. Then last year was not as good but lately Raigo has been doing better than he has ever done.

Märt in Berlin (0)

Märt Israel chula vista 09 Märt Israel threw the discus 62.89m today in ISTAF meet in Berlin. Märt was 5th in the meet and it was his last meet of the season.

Great performance for Niklas (0)

niklas arrhenius 2010.jpg Niklas Arrhenius won the discus throw at the Swedish Championship today with his best performance of the year 63.87m.

Niklas wins the shot (0)

Niklas Arrhenius won the shot put at the Swedish Championships today in Falun, Sweden. Niklas put the shot 19.25m.

Another tough night (0)

gerd, märt.jpg Gerd Kanter was 5th tonight in the DL meet in Zurich and did only throw 65.20m. Gerd could not follow up on his wins in Monaco, 67.81m and in London, 67.82m.

A great meet in Bedford (0)

Niklas, Gerd, Märt.JPG Gerd, Märt and Niklas competed in Bedford, GBR last night. Gerd won the meet with a throw of 67.31m. Märt had 64.65m and Niklas 61.60m. Nav threw also and after a week of sickness she did ok with 48.53m after three meets in a row over 50m.

Clinic in London and Bedford (0)

Shaun Pickering the Throwers Coordinator in GBR and one of my best friends put on a clinic this week for the throwing coaches in GBR as well as their athletes.

Good win for Gerd in London (0)

gerd kanter 2010 Gerd Kanter won the DL meet in London two days ago. He threw the discus 67.82m and had another throw over 67.50m and got his second victory in DL as he won Monaco also some weeks ago.

Kim Danish Champion (0)

Kim Christensen vaxjo Kim Christensen that has been struggling a lot competing lately won the Danish Championship in Shot Put some days ago. His winning throw was 18.93m.

Great PR for Niklas in Shot Put (0)

niklas in barcelona.JPG Last night Niklas Arrhenius threw a PR, 19.75m in shot put outdoor in Göteborg Games in Sweden. After 18.93m at the EC and 18.92m in Big Shot in Stockholm Niklas got it together last night and did really good.

Two good meets for Navdeep (0)

Navdeep Dhaliwal has competed twice this week. First she won a good meet in Eton and beat most of the best discus women in GBR with a throw of 50.10m. It was a great win for Nav and her second meet in a row over 50m this year.

A tough night (0)

Gerd Kanter was fourth and Märt Israel ninth in the discus final last night here in the EC in Barcelona. That was under the expectations we had before the meet and after the qualification.

Good discus competition (1)

Märt Israel, Niklas Arrhenius, Gerd Kanter - Barcelona 2010 Gerd Kanter qualified in his first throw this morning at the EC in Barcelona with a throw of 65.43m. Märt Israel qualified in his second throw with a throw of 63.99m after a first throw of 63.27m that would have been enough anyway. This was the first time for Märt to make a big championship final.

Estonian press conferenece (0)

gerd, märt, vesteinn The discus throwers are all in the same group tomorrow, the earlier one here at the EC in Barcelona.

A bad day in Barcelona (0)

The shot putters started out this morning and did not do well. Niklas Arrhenius was though better and had 18.93m in the first throw that was a good opener. Then he could not follow it up in the two remaining throws and fouled both.

Good for Iceland

Helga Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir from Iceland won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championship in Canada last week in the heptathlon. This is the first medal ever won for my little country in the WJC.

Training records for Nick and Navdeep (0)

Nav, Nick, Kim At the same time as we are here in Alfas Del Pi, Spain some of the other members of the GL Group are at home training hard for upcoming meets. Nick Petersen that has been out of competitions since this winter is coming back stronger than ever.

The Viking to the Big Shot competition (0)

The Group Alfas Del Pi 2 2010 The so called Big Shot DN Galan in Stockholm invited Niklas Arrhenius to compete in their meet yesterday. This is a big honor for Niklas as all of the best shot putters in the world are invited to the meet that will be held downtown Stockholm on 5t August.

A good day in Monaco (0)

Gerd Kanter won his first Diamond League meet yesterday in the Herculis 2010 meet in Monaco. Gerd had 67.81m that is an ok result and a good victory.

Training camp in Spain (0)

Gerd, Kim, Niklas - alfas del pi.JPG Since 14 July we have been here in Alfas Del Pi outside Alicante in Spain on a training camp. Me, Gerd and Indrek came first and then Kim and Niklas on the 17th July. Märt Israel will come on the 23rd July as he was competing at home in the Estonian Championships.

Navdeep Scottish Champion in Glasgow (0)

Navdeep Dhaliwal Bottnaryd 2010 Navdeep Dhaliwal won the discus throw today at the Scottish Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Nav nailed it in the last throw to win the gold with a throw of 50.42m.

Good friends from Great Britain come by (0)

Good friends from Great Britain, jul 2010 Gary Howe my friend from Great Britain that came by two years ago and spend some time with us came again in the beginning of July to Växjö. This time he brought his daughter Georgina Howe with him as well as her friend Megan Thomas as well as a fellow coach Craig Bloomfield.

Niklas to the European Championships in both events (0)

Niklas Arrhenius chula vista After a good PR the day before on the down town square in Karlstad, Sweden Niklas Arrhenius followed up in it by doing another great meet in the shot put with a throw of 19.34m.

Niklas is doing well (0)

Niklas Arrhenius had a great meet at Karlstad in Sweden tonight when he put the shot 19.61m for another PR outdoors this season. Niklas that took up rotational shot putting again this year after a long layoff due to injuries.

Raigo throws very well (0)

Raigo Toompuu had a great meet in Viljandi in Estonia yesterday with a throw of 19.79m. His PR is 20.12m since two years ago.

Great performance for Märt again (0)

Märt Israel- Solletuna 2010 Märt Israel had another great meet tonight when he participated in the Diamond League Meet in Gateshead in Great Britain. 65.46m was the distance that Märt had today. In Sollentuna he had 65.44m and 66.31m in Viljandi as well as 64.04m in Bottnaryd. Märt has taken the step upwards from being a 62-63m guy to being a 64-65m guy. That is a huge difference and very good for Märt and his career.

Great performances for Märt and Meigo (0)

märt.jpg Yesterday Märt Israel continued his success with a 66.31m throw in the Kuldliiga meet in Viljandi, Estonia. Märt has been throwing better and better lately and this meet was as good as or better than he has ever done.

Great results in Bottnaryd (1)

Leif, Kim, Niklas Niklas Arrhenius had a very good day today at the annual International Throwing Meet in Bottnaryd, Sweden. Niklas had 62.23m in the discus and qualified for the European Championships in Barcelona to be held later this month. Then he followed it with an outdoor PR in the shot with a throw of 19.39m.

Fantastic result for Märt (0)

Leif, Märt, Niklas- Solletuna 2010 Märt Israel had his best meet ever in Kohila on the 25 June when he threw the discus 64.83m in no wind. Last night he topped that result in a meet in Sollentuna in Sweden and threw 65.44m.

Great PR for Priidu again (0)

Meigo and Priidu award ceremony est u23 champs 2010 Priidu Niit continues to do well. As said earlier he threw a new PR of 57.41m last week. Then in the Estonian Championships two days ago he did 57.60m. Then he is actually closer to 60m than 55m that is very good. Great improvemnets for Priidu.

Great performances from Estonia (0)

Märt Israel chula vista Märt Israel had probably his best meet ever in Kohila yesterday with a throw of 64.83m. Even if it is not a PR for Märt it has to be taken into consideration that there was no wind at all at the meet. Very impressive result for Märt.

Great personal best for Priidu Niit (0)

Priidu Niit arles Yesterday Priidu Niit threw a personal best in a little meet in his hometown in Estonia. His new PR is 57.41m.

Omar and Global Throwing split up (1)

Omar chula vista Omar El Ghazaly that has been a part of the Global Throwing Group for over 5 years will not be with us from now on.

Great win for Gerd in Budapest (0)

Kanter 2008 ergo Gerd Kanter had 68.76m in the European Team Championships 1st League in Budapest today. This result is very good for Gerd and the win also over the home favorite Zoltan Kovago.

Kim second in Malta (0)

Kim Kim Christensen put the shot 18.81m in the EAA Team Championships 3rd League in Malta yesterday. He was only 5cm from winning the event even if he had just a medium day.

Navdeep throws her best of the year (1)

Nav had a meet in Cardiff, GBR yesterday and threw her best of the year so far 49.11m. Nav had a good meet in hard condititions, very strong headwind and slippery circle. Whatever effect on the result that had is impossible to say.

Strong for Gerd in Rome (0)

Gerd in Potch 2010

Gerd Kanter threw 67.69m and got second in the Dimond League meet in Rome tonight. This result for Gerd is good and his second place also.

Meigo and Priidu throw well in Tallinn (0)

Meigo Tammsaar was only half a meter from his best and Priidu Niit one and a half from his best last night in a meet in Tallinn.

Märt throws really well in Spain (0)

Märt Israel had a great meet in Huelva, Spain last night. 63.87m is the second best result this year and one of his best meets ever.

Navdeep throws her best of the year (0)

Navdeep Dhaliwal had 48.52m yesterday in a meet in Great Britain. That is her best of the year so far.

Kim with the big guys in Oslo (0)

Kim Christensen 2 Kim Christensen probably competed in his biggest meet ever in his career on Friday when he was invited to compete in Bislett Games in Oslo that is a IAAF Diamond League event.

Great practices yesterday (0)

Yesterday we had a good day here in Estonia with a great practice for Gerd in Rakvere in the morning and then another practice with Märt and Priidu in Tallinn later on in the afternoon.

Another big step for Märt (0)

Märt Israel tartu In the Kuldliga meet in Tartu two days ago Märt Israel took another big step towards the top by beating his long time rival Alexander Tammert for the first time.

Ups and downs (0)

Märt Israel did well yesterday in Hengelo. His result 62.29m was nothing superb but maybe just fine in relation to the cold and rain that the throwers had to deal with. But, the big thing for Märt was to beat Virgilius Alekna for the first time. Märt was 4th in the meet and it was very good.

Positive results from Jogeva in Estonia (0)

Priidu Niit 55.09m in discus, Raigo Toompuu 18.99m in shot put and Meigo Tammsaar 52.74m in discus. That was the results that came from Jogeva in Estonia on Friday.

Gerd 4th in Shanghai (0)

Gerd Kanter - chula vista 1 Gerd Kanter threw 68.61m in Shanghai DL this weekend. It is a good start for the European Season for Gerd after World Leading 71.45m in San Diego some weeks ago.

Good start for Märt in Estonia (0)

Märt Israel had his first meet in Europe after USA training camp in Estonia this weekend. Märt had 61.64m that is a good start for him after his great 64.35m in San Diego some weeks ago.

Pictures and films clips from Estonian Junior Camp (0)

Here are some nice film clips and pictures from our training camp we had here last week for the Estonian Juniors.

Relaxing after lots of training (0)

youth group in växjo may 2010.JPG Last night the Estonian Junior group of 12 athletes and 2 coaches came by our house and had a good meal and played games and relaxed a bit after many hard training sessions.

Kim throws well (0)

Kim Christensen did fine this weekend when he competed for his club Sparta in the Club Championships in Denmark. 18.90m for Kim is good right after coming from S.D. in USA with lots of tireness in the body, jetlag and after a long trip.

Estonian Junior Training Camp in Växjö (0)

est youth group in växjö.JPG For the second time a junior group from Estonia comes here to Växjö on a training camp. In May last year was the first time and this afternoon the Head Throwing Coach in Estonia Ants Kiisa came here with 12 athletes again and with him the great javelin coach Heiko Väät.

Training camp is over in USA (0)

Group in San Diego 2010 For the seventh year in a row we went on a training camp in Chula Vista, USA from 15 April until 9 May. We just came home again yesterday after a long flight, delays etc because of the Volcano in Iceland. Eyjafjallajökull also delayed some of us on the way over there three weeks ago.

Another good meet for Gerd (0)

Gerd Kanter had another great meet here at the OTC in Chula Vista today. Six good throws all between 68.56m to 69.83m. Very good series and probably one of the best ever as there are not many people that have thrown 6 throws in the same competition over 68.50m.

Another OTC meet tomorow (0)

group in chula vista.JPG One week ago the USATF and OTC here in Chula Vista arranged a throwing meet with discus and shot for both men and women. Tomorrow it will happen again, this time only discus and shot for men.

Big Lifts (0)

There has been much less emphasis on lifting heavy on this camp than sometimes before because of different reasons fo each athlete. Still, there have been some big lifts performed.

Good Throwing (0)

Lately things have been developing very good for most of the group members on throwing. Gerd is throwing really well and everything very stable and good. Nav has been throwing really well and better than ever before she hurts herself.

Nick and Navdeep hurt (0)

Nick and Navdeep.JPG During this training camp here in San Diego we have had ups and downs. Mostly things have been going well and some very positive. Still, we have had two injuries, not big ones but tricky ones.

A very good day for Märt, Kim and Navdeep (0)

Kim Christensen - SD 10.JPG Today Märt had a great technical workout in the morning and we worked on his turn on the right foot in the middle of the circle. Then tonight he lifted 3x220kg in Back Squats like nothing.

The Arrhenius Brothers (0)

arrhenius brothers.JPG Niklas Arrhenius has been here with us on the training camp and is working hard on coming back from his foot injury that bothered him last year and made him miss the whole season.

Very good lifting for Gerd (0)

Gerd Kanter did not have any goals of doing any maxstrength big lifts over here at this time except in the Bench Press.

Gerd and Märt throw well in Chula Vista (1)

Chula Vista 2010 - whole group Gerd Kanter and his fellow Estonian Märt Israel had a good first outdoor meet here in Chula Vista today.

Gerd, Niklas, Märt, Navdeep and Kim compete tomorrow (0)

San Diego throwing field Now the first competition is coming up on this camp. The USATF in cooperation with OTC here in Chula Vista arranges a throwing competition series as last year that they call World Record Challenge.

Great going for Navdeep (0)

Nav in SD Navdeep Dhaliwal is doing better than ever so far here in Chula Vista. She actually did not have too good of a camp here last years but seems to be doing much better this year.

A great day for Märt (0)

Märt Israel had a great day here yesterday at the training camp in Chula Vista and seems to be getting in a very good shape.

Finally we are all here training (0)

USA 2010 The training camp in Chula Vista, California is going well. Everybody that was supposed to come here got here at the end after the delay we had related to the volcano in Iceland.

Good lifts from Niklas (0)

Niklas Arrhenius is getting back to shape. He did 127.5kg in Snatch, 3x245kg in Squats and 3x260kg in Deadlift this week.

Unexpected delay (0)

The Volcano in the glacier EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL in Iceland is delaying our trip to USA to our training camp. Gerd and Indrek got away two days ago on the last flight from Tallinn and Shaun Pickering that will be with us again this year left on the last plane from Amsterdam at a similar time.

Exciting times for Kim (0)

Kim GT 2 Kim Christensen is doing really well in practice right now and it seems to me that he will have a very good training camp in San Diego coming up next week.

Nick on his feet again (0)

Nick in Potch Nick Petersen hurt himself a little some weeks ago and we thought it was nothing when it happened. But, Nick has been struggling with it now for some time or over a month.

Navdeep is getting stronger (0)

Nav in Potch 2 Nav is training hard in Birmingham now and getting ready for San Diego camp. The goal for her was to get stronger before she would come to USA so she could concentrate on throwing over there.

Training camp in San Diego, USA (0)

San Diego 2009 grupipilt For the 7th year in a row we are off to San Diego, or rather Chula Vista in California, USA. It is the best place on earth to train and that is the reason we go there. Great facilities, great weather, great atmosphere etc.

Uno is doing a great job (0)

Uno, Priidu, Meigo Uno Ojand is a coach that has been working hard in Tallinn, Estonia in association with Global Throwing and myself for years.

Märt is waiting for outdoors (0)

Märt israel salinas Märt Israel that operated his foot this fall is back training full time and things are going well.

Omar is still struggling (0)

omar potch3 Omar El Ghazaly hurt himself about a month ago in his hamstring at a training camp in Pretoria in S-Africa. Then some weeks later he hurt his left chest muscle again but he had been struggling with it for a while.

Niklas is slowly coming back (0)

niklas Niklas Arrhenius that has been struggling with a foot injury for a long time is slowly coming back both in the Discus Throw and the Shot Put. As told before Niklas will throw both events this year.

Wexiö Indoor Throwing videos and pictures (0)

Kim 19.68 Videos and pictures

High level international indoor throwing competition tomorrow in Växjö (0)

tipshallen

UK and Dutch athletes who will be competing in Växjö tomorrow

Wexiö Indoor Throwing: Press Conference (0)

Gerd & Vésteinn-press conference

Pictures & interview with Gerd Kanter and his coach Vésteinn Hafsteinsson-VIDEO.

Tipshallen is getting ready for tomorrow (0)

2 hours of hard work with 10 guys and only 30% of the Tipshallen floor was taken up. Official training session starts 5PM.

Kim throws a training PR (0)

Kim Christensen is going through a very good period in his training right now. He actually put the shot 19.78m today that is his farthest ever.

Kim, Meigo and Priidu already in Växjö (0)

Meigo, Kim, Priidu The Wexiö Indoor Throwing meet will be on Saturday with athletes from nine different countries participating. Three of these already came yesterday, Kim Christensen DEN, Meigo Tammsaar EST and Priidu Niit EST.

Film of Priidu Niit throwing his new PR (0)

As said before Priidu Niit threw a personal best at the EAA Winter Throwing Cup in Arles in France today. His new PR is 56.16m.

Gerd is in Tenerife (0)

Gerd Kanter - chula vista 2 Gerd Kanter and his Physical Thearpist Indrek Tustit went to Tenerife for a week to throw in the sun before the indoor meet coming up next week in Växjö.

No good for Kim (0)

Kim Christensen did not have a good meet today at the EAA Winter Throwing Cup.

Very good PR for Priidu in Arles (0)

Priidu Niit 2 Priidu Niit was 6th in the U23 meet in Arles today with a good PR of 56.16m

Priidu in a strong field in Arles (0)

Priidu Priidu Niit will compete tomorrow morning at 11.45AM in the U23 Discus throw in Arles. Priidu is throwing with 13 other throwers and most of these guys are one or two years older than Priidu.

Kim is ready for tomorrow (0)

Kim Christensen will compete tomorrow in the Europena Winter Cup in Arles, France. He will be competing at 14.15PM and will be in the A group with 9 other throwers.

Meigo and Priidu are doing well (0)

Meigo Tammsaar and Priidu Niit that train together in Tallinn, Estonia with Uno Ojand as my associate coach are doing well.

Problems with injuries

Omar El-Ghazaly Well, I guess it is a part of the game but we have had more injuries for the past year or so than usually.

Kim, Nick and Priidu to compete at Arles (0)

Kim, Nick GT shirts Kim Christensen and Nick Petersen will compete in Arles at the EAA Winter Throwing Challange next weekend for Denmark.

Clips of Omar (0)

Here are the clips of Omar from The Cairo Club Championships. Two throws are none reverse warm up throws and two are competition throws.

Great training camp for Märt (0)

märt israel växjö Märt Israel just left Växjö after a two week training camp. It was a good camp and Märt worked really hard.

Omar throws well in Cairo (0)

omar in potch Omar El Ghazaly competed in his first meet this year in Cairo two days ago and did really well.

Fun competition (0)

Märt, Magnus Märt Israel and the best javelin thrower in Sweden, Magnus Arvidsson are good friends. Magnus lives here in Växjö and trains with the legendary coach Jonas Mellblom.

Kim Danish Champion (0)

Kim Christensen won the Danish Championships today in Skive, Denmark with a throw of 19.23m.

Märt is training well in Tipshallen (0)

Märt Israel did his second session inside the big training hall in Växjö on Friday. In between we do some sessions in the net also. Märt is doing lots of drills and technical exercises.

Niklas Swedish Champion (0)

niklas swedish ch 2010 Niklas Arrhenius had a great meet today in shot put at the Swedish Championships in Stockholm. Niklas won the meet and put the shot 18.90m.

Good atmosphere in the weight room (0)

group in växjö Niklas, Nick, Kim and Märt have been training well here for the last few days. Two days ago they all lifted together and it was a good session for everybody.

A great session for the Danes (0)

The Danish Duo had their best technical session of this indoor season today.

Niklas and Märt throw in Tipshallen (0)

It does not happen every day that Discus Throwers can throw inside except then in the net in most cases.

The guys are here now (0)

Niklas Arrhenius flew in from Utah, USA. Märt Israel flew in from Tallinn, Estonia. Nick Petersen took the train from Roskilde, Denmark and Kim Christensen drove his car from Copenhagen, Denmark.

Shot Putters compete in Sparta Indoor (0)

Nick GT Yesterday, Kim, Nick and Raigo had a meet in Copenhagen and did ok. Raigo won the Shot Put with a indoor best of the year 18.99m. Kim was second also with year best result of 18.94m. Nick did another indoor PR of 18.36m.

Niklas started up in USA (0)

Niklas Arrhenius put the shot 18.12m in a meet in Ogden, USA last night.

Great session for Kim today in Copenhagen (0)

Kim GT shirt Kim Christensen did one of his best sessions ever today in Copenhagen with my associate coach Carsten Bomme.

Axel training in the snow (0)

axel in snow Axel Härstedt that I worked with for one year in 2009 is doing well.

Good news about travelling to Växjö (0)

A great change to the better is about to take place in relation to air transport to Växjö. Småland Airport and Landvetter Airport in Göteborg will start a new cooperation in September this year.

Shot Putters compete (0)

Niklas Arrhenius will start his comeback as a rotational shot putter tomorrow. He will then compete in Utah against his brother Leif as well as some other throwers.

A good week in Great Britain (2)

Vesteinn in GBR Sometimes I get the opportunity to go to other countries and do lectures, clinics, conferences, workshops etc. Last week was one of these and I really enjoyed it.

Navdeep forced to operate (1)

Nav in Potch It was a strange week for Nav last week when I was over there and we were going to train together during that week as I was doing a clinic with Shaun Pickering anyway in England.

Kim and Nick open up their season (0)

Kim Christensen and Nick Petersen, “the Danish Duo” opened up their indoors season in Göteborg, Sweden today.

Training camp in Potchefstroom is over (1)

group in Potch Another training camp is coming to an end. We were unlucky again with the weather for one week, but otherwise it has been good.

Gerd throws far (0)

Gerd in Potch 1 Gerd Kanter had his best discus session this morning on this camp. Technique was better and the discus was flying very far.

Nick gets his goal (1)

Nick in potch 5 Nick Petersen has been doing really well on this camp in the weightroom. PR‘s in Squats, Deadlift, Bench Press etc.

Good session for Omar (2)

Omar El Ghazaly is throwing better and better and farther and farther. The technique is better but still far from being good. The discus is flying and flying and it goes far. Where will it end, hopefully beyond 70m sooner than later.

Navdeep is getting better (0)

Nav in potch Navdeep Dhaliwal is working hard to get better in the discus throw. For the last few days she has done good PR’s in different exercises.

Niklas is throwing better (0)

Niklas Arrhenius is doing well after his foot injury and has now been throwing shot and discus for some weeks with full turn.

Good throwing session for Shot Putters (0)

potch The Danes, Kim, Nick and Lasse had a good session this morning. Nick was working on technique and tried hard to control his power and get feeling for it instead of just powering it out there. It worked good. Nick will never lack power, he just needs to control it.

Mr. Deadlift (0)

Nick in potch Nick Petersen, “The Beast” loves one exercise and that is the deadlift.

To throw far in shot put you really do not need to lift to heavy in deadlift as we use it mostly just to get stronger in the back. But, twice a year Nick gets the opportunity to go for it if he can hold his technique within the frame.

Light Weight (3)

Gerd did one of his heavy sessions today on this camp. But it ended up being very light. Here you see how heavy weights can look very light. Gerd is right on track in the weightroom in relation to the period we are in.

Good news from Märt (0)

Märt Israel 08 Märt Israel that is recovering after his foot injury is doing really good. In the middle of January he got a green light from his doctor and physical therapist to start to lift and try to throw again.

Kim is lifting heavy (0)

Kim Christensen potch 2010 2 Kim Christensen has really gotten stronger and bigger for the last few weeks. He needed that as the big 20m are waiting on him and I do not know many small weak guys that have put the shot over 20m.

Very good throwing for Gerd (0)

Gerd Kanter had a good session today. The conditions were very tough as there was a big left, tail wind that shifted so it was hard to deal with. Gerd had some very good throws and most of them were around 66m.

Slam session today (0)

Kim, Nick and Lasse When we throw far in this group we call it Slam Sessions. Navdeep tried today to do it but was tired and it did not worked out even if she had a good technique. She eneded up with only 48m but there is much there on a good day.

Happy Birthday Indrek (0)

The greatest Physio Thearapist on Earth Indrek Tustit had a birthday today. It was celebrated with a cake that Gerd and Liina fixed.

Omar gets his best session (0)

omar in potch Omar El Ghazaly did a great training session this morning. We worked in the sprint as well the finish in his throw and it worked out better than ever.

Stronger than life (1)

Saturday Anders told me he felt like doing some deadlifts and I thought it might be wise not to do them from the floor but instead do them from right below the knee.

The Group (1)

Yesterday we had a good day agin even if it rained. We got in a very good session with Gerd in the morning with 2.5kg Denfi Tool. 73.19m was the distance with none reverse, it is as far as he has ever thrown. Then when he started to throw with reverse he did not hit it as well and lacked some energy. Still a great session for Gerd.

Great day for Navdeep again (0)

Nav in Potch 4 Navdeep Dhaliwal had her best day today at the camp here in S-Africa. Today she threw the Denfi Tool better than ever before and also farther.

Gerd and Omar get in a good session (0)

Omar and Gerd in Potch In between the rain we got in a good session today with the discus throwers. Shot putters were off and went on a safari.

Navdeep is working hard (0)

Navdeep Dhaliwal is doing good here at the training camp. During the winter she has gotten stronger and her technique in the discus is getting better.

Danes getting stronger (0)

Potch Kim Christensen and Nick Petersen are getting better in every way on this camp. Kim has thrown 19.77m so far and Nick 18.46m. Technique is getting better also after lot of drills in relation to that we have been hving lot of rain.

Gerd gets his best Discus session so far (0)

Gerd Kanter threw the discus well yesterday. In between the rain we got in a session and Gerd threw well. Technically it was ok and feeling was very good. We did not measure it but the distance was good.

Raigo Toompuu opens up his indoor season (0)

Raigo Toompuu put the shot 18.96m in his forst indoor meet last night in Tallinn, Estonia. This start for Raigo is ok in relation to his preparation. He has had some problems with his shoulder this fall but is getting better.

Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain (0)

Nav, Kim, Nick Yesterday it rained from eight in the morning until five in the afternoon here in Potchefstroom. Kim and Nick had to skip their throwing practice but the others were resting so it did not affect us too much.

Great day today at training camp (0)

We had a great day today in Potchefstroom. The sun was shining as always and Navdeep started by throwing her Denfi Tool of 1.5kg for the first time outside.

Omar is healthy and training well (0)

Omar potch Omar El Ghazaly has been throwing really well here in Potchefstroom so far. Technique is getting better even there is still some room for improvement.

Great news from Niklas in USA (0)

To begin with, Niklas and his wife Tiffany got their second child last week. The kid came into this world way to early but seems to be doing well. Big congratualtions to you guys.

Kim throws really well in Potchefstroom (1)

Kim Christensen potch 2010 Kim Christensen has been doing really well since we got here some days ago. We are done with 3 days of training and Kim has been throwing the shot better than in a long time. He has actually not thrown that well since early spring in 2009.

Training camp in Potchefstroom (0)

Potch1 Now we are in Potchefstroom in S-Africa on a training camp. We came here two days ago, me, Kim, Nick, Gerd, Omar and Indrek. Nav is coming tomorrow. Niklas and Märt will not come.

Danish Athletes on a Training Camp (0)

Nine Danish athletes have been on a training camp in Växjö, Sweden for the last few days. It is Coach Carsten Bomme from the Copenhagen Club, Sparta that is here with his athletes. Carsten is also the National Throwing Coach in Denmark.

Indrek and his 130kg Power Clean (0)

Indrek Tustit 2 Indrek Tustit the physio therapist that has been working with Gerd Kanter for the last three years as well as treating and helping the other athletes in the group trains pretty hard himself. He is a former 400hurdle guy but has been lifting with Gerd for the last few years.

Niklas throwing again (0)

Niklas Arrhenius is throwing again after his foot injury. Here are some film clips since Christmas training. It is good to see him throw again.

Training with FIG juniors (1)

Just before Christmas vacation I did one session with three junior athletes from FIG (Athletic High School) in Växjö.

Team Danmark supports Kim (0)

Kim Christensen is one of three athletes that Team Danmark, the governing body of sports in Denmark supports extra much for the Olympc Games in London i 2012.

Omar had a good training camp in Pretoria (0)

Omar El Ghazaly came home to Cairo from Pretoria in RSA four days ago. He had been there training for three weeks.

Foot problems about to be solved for Märt and Niklas (0)

Märt Israel as well Niklas Arrhenius have been struggling with different foot problems for a while.

Nick is doing very well (0)

Nick Petersen is doing really well right now after his huge success year in 2009. His training is going by plan and his training camp here in Växjö last week was good.

We had a good training camp (0)

Växjö camp The first training camp for 2010 season is over for the Global Throwing Group. It was in Växjö, Sweden for the last two weeks. Participants were Gerd Kanter, Kim Christensen, Nick Petersen, Priidu Niit and Meigo Tammsaar as well as Indrek Tustit.

Märt is getting better (0)

Märt hospital 1 Märt Israel got his cast taken off his foot today in Finland. It looks like the operation was successful and now he has a rehab process to follow.

Good visit from Team Danmark (0)

Thue Kvorning, a physical training expert from Team Danmark came to our training camp in Växjö on Monday and stayed until last night.

Meigo and Priidu join the group in Växjö (0)

Meigo Tammsaar, Priidu Niit Since Thursday all athletes that were supposed to come to this camp are here training together. The young duo from Estonia Meigo Tammsaar and Priidu Niit joined Gerd, Kim and Nick as well as Indrek Tustit came also.

Training camp in Växjö (0)

Nick, Gerd, Kim Gerd Kanter, Kim Christensen and Nick Petersen are on the first planned training camp for the group for 2010 in Växjö, Sweden.

Vésteinn, Gerd and Priidu awarded in Estonia. (0)

Estonian Athletic Association honored the best athletes in 2009.

Indoor Throwing Carnival in Växjö (0)

Gerd Kanter 69.51 The WRC indoor meet in 2009 was a big success for Gerd Kanter as well as the local club IFK Växjö, Tipshallen and the city of Växjö. Now, it has been decided that it will be arranged again on the 27/3 2010, events will be:

Omar to Pretoria in South Africa (0)

Omar El Ghazaly went to Pretoria in South Africa two days ago. He will stay there for three weeks training. Pretoria is the place we used to go to on training camps before usually in January.

Great news from Navdeep (2)

Navdeep Dhaliwal trenn Navdeep Dhaliwal is doing really well so far in her winter training. She is getting stronger and her technique and throwing strength is developeing in a very positive way.

Märt operated in Finland (0)

Märt Israel was operated in his ankle two days ago in Finland. Märt broke both of his ankles when young and has been struggling with them since.

Niklas will double up in 2010 (0)

niklas_sm Niklas Arrhenius will be throwing Discus and Shot in 2010. Very few throwers have the ability to throw both events on a very high level but Niklas does.

Meigo and Priidu cooperation for the future (0)

A cooperation between Global Throwing Coaching & Management and the Estonian Federation has started in the coaching of Meigo Tammsaar and Priidu Niit.

Global Throwing Group 2010 (1)

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Omar Finishes up his Long Season (0)

Omar El-Ghazaly Omar El Ghazaly had two meets at the end of September and beginning of October. The 6th edition of Francophone Games was the first meet in Lebanon and Omar threw the Discus 61.01m and won the Gold Medal.

ERGO Conference (0)

The second World ERGO Discus Conference was held in Tallinn on the 15-16 September 2009. There were not as many participants at the conference this year as last year but still very interesting topics were precented.

A tribute to Joachim B. Olsen (2)

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Recently one of the best Shot Putter ever retired, the ‘’The Danish Dynamite’’ Joachim B. Olsen.

Training Session at Autentis Sports School in Tallinn (0)

During the visit in Tallinn last week Aivo Normak the Estonian Head Coach as well as Ants Kiisa the Throwing Coach asked me to do a physical training session with the best and most talented throwers in Estonia precently going to this school. Here are some pictures from this session.

Final meets (1)

Gerd Kanter ergo games 09 Gerd Kanter won the ERGO meet that was his last meet for 2009. Very positive for Gerd. 66.85m is not that far but was enough to beat everybody that was there and there was pretty much the whole world elite group of discus throwers.

Nick throws well again in Denmark (0)

Kim ja nick la jollas The last meet for the Danish Duo was in Denmark yesterday, the Danish Club Cup. Nick Petersen put the shot 18.50m that is his third best result of the year.

Another Tough Day in Thessaloniki (0)

gerd, märt, omar Gerd Kanter 5^th, Omar El Ghazaly 7^th and Märt Israel 8th. That was under what we had expected at the WAF in Greece.

Gerd, Märt and Omar in WAF (0)

Three of eight participants in the WAF in Thessaloniki in Greece next week are not bad. Gerd, Märt and Omar all made the final. Gerd is leading the pack with 50 points, Märt is seventh with 24 points and Omar got the Wild Card this year with 23 points and eighth place.

Gerd, Axel and Navdeep throw well in Helsingborg (0)

Lefty Open, another throwing meet during our camp in Helsingborg was organized today, actually for Nav and she made the most out of it. After a little warmup yesterday she really tried hard today and finally got decent conditions even if it could have been better.

Nick throws well in Esbjerg (0)

Nick & Vesteinn Nick Petersen put the Shot 18.68m yesterday in his last meet as a Junior, in the under 23 class at the Danish Championships. That is his second best throw this year and same result as his PR last year.

World Record Challenge 2009, Helsingborg (0)

wrc 09 Gerd Kanter won the third WRC held in Helsingborg, Sweden today. Gerd‘s winning throw measured up to 68.97m. A good result even if he did not really hit it today. Gerd has been struggling since the WC in Berlin and the feeling is so and so right now, but still another good meet and a good win. Gerd threw 70.32m last year in this meet but 68.07m in 2007.

World Record Challenge and Lefty Open (0)

wrc09 WRC will be held at Heden Sports Arena in Helsingborg, Sweden on Saturday 5. September.

Nick throws well at the Danish Championships (0)

Nick Petersen did his best competition since his breakthrough in Kaunas at the ECU23 at the Danish Championships last week.

The season is coming to an end (0)

As usually at this time of the year the season is coming to an end and some of the group members have already finished their season.

Axel is doing well (0)

Axel Härstedt has been doing well lately and is ready for a new PR in Discus on a good day. He competed in the meet between Sweden and Finland last week and did 54.36m.

Gerd third and Omar ninth (1)

Berlin 2009 - Malachowski, Harting, Kanter The final at the WC in Berlin ended up being a tough camp for Gerd and Omar. After a very good feeling on the throwing field Gerd ended up only throwing 66.88m and ended up in third place.

Gerd and Omar through to final, Märt hurt (1)

omar & gerd Gerd Kanter only needed one throw to make the line in the qualification round here at the WC in Berlin. Gerd threw 66.73m in the firts round that was a great first throw.

Gerd, Omar and Märt are ready for Berlin (1)

Gerd Kanter, Omar El Ghazaly and Märt Israel have been here in Cottbus, Germany since 4^th of August on a Pre Camp before the Berlin WC. Gerd and Indrek will leave tomorrow for Berlin but Omar and Märt will leave with me on Sunday.

Two Olympic Champions Meet (0)

Rolf Dannenberg and Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter and Rolf Danneberg the Olympic Champion from Los Angeles in 1984, met for the first time in Cottbus, Germany this weekend.

Nav is training hard in Cottbus (0)

Navdeep Dhaliwal has been here for a week on a training camp with the big boys. She is the only member of the group that is not going to the WC in Berlin that has been here. She will leave today after a great camp.

Meet in Cottbus (0)

Last night Märt and Omar competed in Cottbus, Germany. Märt did 61.94m and Omar 60.96m. Not any big results but still some positive things.

Copenhagen Games (0)

Kim ja Nick Kim and Nick competed in the Copenhagen Games and did ok. Kim is still struggling with the feeling and did 18.60m. That is way under his potential, but Kim is positive and ready to come back with better results soon.

Good in Tallinn (1)

gerd kanter stuttgart 08 Gerd won the Estonian Championships with a throw of 68.08m. It is very good for Gerd and right on track. Now he has some weeks before the WC in Berlin to relax and get faster and better to throw far there so this results this weekend was very good.

Axel throws well, Niklas pulls out (0)

Axel Härstedt competed well in the Swedish Championships this weekend. He threw 54.36m and got fourth place. We were hoping for 55+ but this time it was a little less. After his back strain last week Axel should be happy with this performance.

Ups and downs in Kose (0)

Gerd Kanter 2008 Six members of the group competed in Kose, Estonia today.
Raigo and Nick started the day in the Shot Put. Raigo had a decent meet with a 19.09m throw. He could not follow up on a good practice he did during the week. But still over 19m and that keeps his average up. But Raigo can much more.

Märt and Kim in Barcelona (0)

Märt Israel and Kim Christensen competed in Barcelona last night and did ok. Märt had another good meet on 62.13m. He felt very good but did not really hit it. After three meets in a row over 63m Märt had to settle for 62m this time and a 6th place finish.

Estonian Juniors do great (0)

Priidu Niit and Meigo Tammsaar did really well in the European Junior Championships yesterday in Discus.
After throwing a PR of 58.43m in the qualification Meigo threw 58.18m in the final and got 8th place.

Tough in Karlstad (0)

Kim and Nick competed in Karlstad 22-23 July and had two meets. The first day they competed on the town square. A fun competition but results were so and so. Kim had 18.86m and did not hit the technique and Nick cought a stomach flu over night and did not have any energy.

Great performances in Rethymno (0)

Gerd Kanter threw 69.10m in Rethymno last night and Omar El Ghazaly 62.03m. Very good for both guys. Gerd won again and Omar got 4th place.

Omar and Märt throw really well in Zaragoza (0)

Omar El Ghazaly and Märt Israel competed last night in the IAAF meet in Zaragoza, Spain. Omar got 4th place with a throw of 64.68m and Märt got 5th with 63.54m.

Training camps in Sweden, Tallinn and Cottbus (0)

axel, kim, niklas As the meet schedule for the different athletes did not fit the best to have a planned camp in Växjö from 20-30 July we reorganized things this way.

Nick with a breakthrough in Kaunas (2)

Nick Petersen kaunas lipuga Nick Petersen threw a huge PR in the European Championships under 23 years of age today in Kaunas, Lithuania. 18.94m is the new mark and a SILVER medal. Who thought this could happen? I can tell you, he thought it himself and he talked about it before the meet.