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Cuban Hammer Thrower Moreno Finishes Third in Moscow
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 18 (acn) Cuban hammer thrower Yipsi Moreno, silver medallist in Beijing Olympics in 2008, finished third in an athletics meeting in Moscow, Russia.

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In the Znamenskiy Memorial Moreno threw the implement to 72.40 meters, a
good shot this far into the season to trail Tatyana Lysenko (RUS-75.48)
and Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS- 73.48), according to the event’s website.

Moreno is Cuba’s best hope of a medal in London 2012 in that speciality,
considering she is the current Pan American champion and won a silver
medal at the World Championships held in Daegu, South Korea.

Other winners in this meeting were Anna Avdeyeva (RUS-19.54 meters) in
shot put, Tonje Angelsen (NOR-1.95) in high jump, Irina Davydova
(RUS-54.61 seconds) in 400 meter hurdles, Yekaterina Poistogova
RUS-4:00.11 minutes) in 1500 meters and Aleksey Fyodorov (RUS-16.55
meters) in triple jump.

Also, Ivan Zaytsev (UZB-85.03 meters) won the javelin, Aleksandr Menkov
(RUS-8.06) in long jump and Igor Vinichenko (RUS-77.29) in hammer throw (men)
 

 

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