Ellina Zvereva correction: Discus, not hammer

Readers of this blog are amazing. Especially y’all out in Switzerland. Pino Pilotto, an M50 Swiss jumper, eagle-eyed a mistake in my June 19 post, where I wrote: “Also coming to our attention, belatedly — a W45 world record in the hammer throw by Sydney Olympic discus champion Ellina Zvereva of Belarus (born Nov. 16, 1960), who spun the implement a gargantuan 63.20 (207-4) at the Blr Cup Brest meet on May 27, 2006.” Uh, actually, that was a discus throw, not hammer (and short of the W45 WR), In the process, I said Ellina broke the W45 record of Mägy Duss.


Pino writes:
“Now you mention Mägy Duss as (former) WR holder in the hammer. Now Mägy duss (born at 5. december 1958) is from lucerne, and she is W45. She is also in my track an field club (leichtathletikclub luzern), which I am the president.
“Now I know that we have many lacks in our masters world records (you know that far better then I). Mägy Duss threw the hammer last year at 53.67 and this is the all-time best performance w45 worldwide that I know. But our WR lists are not perfect.”
Pino adds:
“P.S. since two weeks we have also a master-website in Switzerland http://www.swiss-masters-athletics.ch/
“We will try to make it also perfect as masterstrack, annette’s seite and atleticanet.”
Me again:
My apologies to Pino and Mägy, and best of luck to you both!

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June 27, 2006

One Response

  1. Neni Lewis - June 28, 2006

    I have the pending world record at 56.21 meters (184’4) in the hammer which was set July 16, 2005 at the Long & Strong Throwers Classic in Denver, PA. There was much difficulty in getting the handwritten result sheet, but recently Sandy Paskin indicated to me that she has what she needs.

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