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WHO TO WATCH

MEN
Virgilijus Alekna - LTU
Zoltan Kovago - HUN
Jason Tunks - CAN

WOMEN
Natalya Sadova - RUS
Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova - CZE
Franka Dietzsch - GER

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RESULTS

MEN'S
	ATHLETE	RESULT
	Virgilijus Alekna - LTU	70.17
	Gerd Kanter - EST	68.57
	Michael Mollenbeck - GER	65.95
	Jason Tunks - 8th	63.77
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WOMEN
	ATHLETE	RESULT
	Franka Dietzsch - GER	66.56
	Natalya Sadova - RUS	64.33
	Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova - CZE	63.19
	n/a	n/a
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RECORDS

MEN
	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	VENUE/YEAR
World	J�rgen Schult - GER	74.08	Neubrandenburg, Germany - 1986
Canadian	Jason Tunks	67.88	Abilene, Texas - 1998
Season	Virgilijus Alekna - LTU	70.67	Madrid
WOMEN
	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	VENUE/YEAR
World	Gabriele Reinsch - GDR	76.80	Neubrandenburg, Germany - 1988
Canadian	Carmen Ionesco	62.72	Montreal - 1979
Season	Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova - CZE	66.81	Prague