Haddadi breaks Asia discus throw record

[Rumi]

Haddadi breaks Asia discus throw record

Iran's Asian discus record holder, Ehsan Haddadi



Asian discus record holder Ehsan Haddadi broke his own Asia record in the discus throw with a 69.12m effort at Golden League in Berlin.

A new Asian record in the men's Discus Throw from Iran's Ehsan Hadadi is recorded at the Golden League athletics series opener.

His 69.12m release in round two broke his own existing continental mark of 68.52m, which was set only last weekend in Hengelo

"I m not surprised, my training went well. Now I still have one more competition in Tallinn on Tuesday and afterwards back to Olympic preparation. To win the Olympics (August 8-24 in Beijing) is my biggest dream,” said Hadadi.

"I am only 23, so I have a long career ahead of me and enough time to improve. I mostly train in Tehran with my Russian coach,” he added.

Germany's Robert Harting, the World silver medalist, was third with a personal best record of 67.70m.

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[Nokhodi]

Excellent progress shown by him.
I think most are happy just to see him improving. Thats all we ask. A medal would be great but just seeing that this guy tries really hard and can compete with the best is lovely.

[persianbruin]

so are we gonna "discus" it again!!??