World Rankings Update - Throws

The rankings in the long throws are a bit sketchy due to the season having just started, and are listed only five deep. The shot has been going strong since January, though.

MEN
Shot Put
1. Christian Cantwell, USA, 72
2. Tomas Majewski, POL, 31
3. Reese Hoffa, USA, 23
4. Adam Nelson, USA, 21
5. Pavel Sofyin, RUS, 16
6. Russ Winger, USA, 15
7. Dan Taylor, USA, 13
8. Anton Liuboslavski, RUS, 12
9. Garrett Johnson, USA, 10
10. Yves Niare, FRA, 7
Cantwell continued his domination of this event on Friday in Dakar, leaving Hoffa and Winger well behind.

Discus Throw
1. Gerd Kanter, EST, 47
2. Yennifer Frank Casañas, ESP, 15
3. Markus Münch, GER, 4
4. Erik Cadée, NED, 2
5. Märt Israel, EST, 1
Kanter won the European Winter Throwing Cup and a week later broke the world record in the rarely-contested indoor discus.

Hammer Throw
1. Krisztián Pars, HUN, 17
2. Aleksey Zagornyi, RUS, 9
2. Marco Lingua, ITA, 9
4. Nicola Vizzoni, ITA, 3
5. Pavel Kryvitski, BLR, 2

Javelin Throw
1. Stuart Farquhar, NZL, 25
2. Joshua Robinson, AUS, 13
3. Kärlis Alainis, LAT, 10
4. Jarkko Koski-Vähälä, FIN, 7
4. Peter Esenwein, GER, 7
Alainis and Esenwein were first and second at Saturday's Grand Prix meet in Dakar.

WOMEN
Shot Put
1. Valerie Vili, NZL, 135
2. Denise Hinrichs, GER, 83
3. Anca Heltne, ROU, 76
4. Petra Lammert, GER, 50
5. Nadzeya Ostapchuk, BLR, 42
6. Lijiao Gong, CHN, 39
7. Kristin Heaston, USA, 22
8. Anna Avdeyeva, RUS, 17
8. Nadine Kleinert, GER, 17
10. Anna Omarova, RUS, 15
Vili hasn't been even remotely pushed all year. German indoor champ Hinrichs won in Dakar on Friday.

Discus Throw
1. Dani Samuels, AUS, 22
2. Beatrice Faumina, NZL, 21
3. Aimin Song, CHN, 20
4. Aretha Thurmond, USA, 16
4. Becky Breisch, USA, 16
Samuels won both Australian stops on the World Athletics Tour.

Hammer Throw
1. Betty Heidler, GER, 40
2. Anita Wlodarczyk, POL, 30
3. Jennifer Dahlgren, ARG, 24
4. Kathrin Klaas, GER, 20
5. Manuela Montebrun, FRA, 12

Javelin Throw
1. Mariya Abakumova, RUS, 43
2. Kimberley Mickle, AUS, 24
3. Yanet Cruz, CUB, 8
4. Sunette Viljoen, RSA, 8
5. Laura Cornford, AUS, 7