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wing velocity did not exceed 2-<br />
3 metres per second. The public<br />
filled the small and cosy<br />
municipal stadium, the “Gaeta<br />
Huguet”, to enthusiastically<br />
support the athletes. Naturally,<br />
they favoured the men’s<br />
team from their own city and<br />
the women’s team from the<br />
neighbouring city of Valencia.<br />
The main battles of the competition<br />
were the fight for the<br />
men’s club title between the<br />
Russian club “Luch” and the<br />
Portuguese club “Sporting”<br />
and the race for the women’s<br />
title between the Russian club<br />
“Luch” and the Spanish club<br />
“Valencia Terra i Mar”. As always,<br />
the first athletes to do<br />
battle were the men’s hammer<br />
throwers. A group of strong<br />
athletes gathered in the ham-<br />
mer circle and in four throws<br />
they showed some creditable<br />
results for the beginning of the<br />
season. The Italian, Nicola Vizzoni,<br />
won with 78.67 metres,<br />
second was the Slovak Libor<br />
Charfreitag with 77.56 metres<br />
and the Russian Aleksey Zagornyi<br />
came 3rd with 75.73<br />
metres leaving behind the<br />
Portuguese thrower who could<br />
only manage seventh. Immediately<br />
after that the “Luch”<br />
representative, Aleksandr<br />
Derevyagin in the 400 metre<br />
hurdles increased “Luch’s”<br />
breakaway margin when he<br />
beat Edivaldo Monteiro from<br />
“Sporting” into second place.<br />
During the race, Aleksandr<br />
stepped on the lane border<br />
line but he can be forgiven<br />
as he was drawn in the inside<br />
european event<br />
Rui Silva<br />
Francis<br />
Obikwelu<br />
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