World Rankings Update -- Men's Throws

Shot Put
1. Reese Hoffa, USA, 133
2. Tomasz Majewski , POL, 96
3. Christian Cantwell, USA, 92
4. Dan Taylor, USA, 58
5. Dorian Scott, JAM, 34
6. Dylan Armstrong, CAN, 33
7. Adam Nelson, USA, 28
8. Daniel Taylor , USA, 26
9. Pavel Sofyin, RUS, 26
10. Anton Liuboslavski, RUS, 21
Cantwell ruled the indoor season but the others have raised their game outdoors and surpassed him. Hoffa has three firsts and two seconds since bombing at Drake in April.

Discus Throw
1. Gerd Kanter, EST, 188
2. Piotr Malachowski, POL, 69
3. Zoltán Kövágó, HUN, 37
4. Yennifer Frank Casañas, ESP, 35
5. Robert Harting, GER, 34
6. Virgilijus Alekna , LTU, 25
7. Jarred Rome, USA, 24
8. Erik Cadée, NED, 14
9. Ian Waltz, USA, 14
10. Markus Münch, GER, 12
This is probably the single most-ignored event on the World Athletics Tour and will benefit the most when next year's Diamond League plan goes into action.

Hammer Throw
1. Krisztián Pars, HUN, 136
2. Dilshod Nazarov, TJK, 65
3. Primož Kozmus, SLO, 57
4. Aleksey Zagornyi, RUS, 40
5. Marco Lingua, ITA, 39
6. Artem Rubanko , UKR, 32
7. Igors Sokolovs , LAT, 32
8. András Haklits, CRO, 31
9. Nicola Vizzoni, ITA, 25
10. Juriy Shaunov, BLR, 24

Javelin Throw
1. Andreas Thorkildsen, NOR, 55
2. Vadims Vasilevskis, LAT, 41
3. Tero Pitkämäki, FIN, 32
4. Stuart Farquhar, NZL, 21
5. Ainars Kovals, LAT, 17
6. Eriks Rags, LAT, 17
7. Kärlis Alainis, LAT, 15
8. Mark Frank, GER, 15
9. Igor Janik, POL, 12
10. Teemu Wikkala, FIN, 12
This is a late-starting event as the countries that dominate it—Finland and Norway—have barely shoveled out. Pitkämäki has already traded wins with Thorkildsen, and expect much of the same as the year goes along.