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| Nadine Muller was in fantastic form at the Bar 2012 European Cup Winter Throwing. |
German discus thrower Nadine Müller provided the highlight of the second day of the 12th European Cup Winter Throwing in Bar, Montenegro, on Sunday.
The 2011 World Championships silver medallist twice improved on her personal best and finished with an outstanding effort of 68.89m, the longest throw in the world for almost eight years.
Click here for video interviews from the second day of the event.
Men's events
Shot put – Portugal's Mario Fortes had a good indoor season and was ranked number four in Europe indoors after his Portuguese record of 20.91m last month but he started his outdoor campaign in outstanding fashion with a new absolute record of 21.02m.
It was also a 2012 world outdoor lead at this early stage in the year.
He had two other throws that would have won the competition as Serbia's Asmir Kolašinac, who set a national indoor record of 20.64m last month, finished second with 20.50m.
Spain's Borja Vivas set a personal best of 20.06m for third place.
Javelin – In one of the few low-key contests of the weekend, Türkiye's 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships silver medallist Fatih Avan was the only man to go over 80 metres, sending his spear out to 80.34m in the fifth round and then 81.09m with the last throw of the competition.
Russia's Dimity Tarabin, who still only 20, can boast of a best of 85.10m but could do no better than 79.94m for second place on this occasion.
U23 shot put – Croatia's 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships bronze medallist Martin Premeru was the only man over 19 metres, opening with 19.04m then reaching 19.49m before having four fouls while trying to chase his recent personal best of 19.90m.
Ukraine's Dmytro Savytskyy, who finished one place in front of Premeru in Ostrava last summer, had the tables turned on him this time and was second with 18.76m.
Down in 11th place, Montenegro's U23 discus winner Danijel Furtula capped an excellent weekend for the host nation in front of his friends and family with a national record of 17.10m, following on from another record in the discus on Saturday.
U23 javelin – Ukraine's Oleksandr Nychyporchuk, who only turns 20 next month, impressed with a personal best of 76.23m, almost a metre further than he had thrown before.
Slovenia's Jaka Muhar, who turned 19 on Thursday, also went into new territory with a big personal best of 75.94m, more than four metres further than he had ever thrown before and the best in the world by a junior so far this year.
Muhar is also a very talented decathlete and has a best of 7194 points with the junior implements.
In a close contest and entertaining with less than a metre covering the top four, Russia's Valery Iordan was third with 75.58 while Portugal's Thiago Aperta set an absolute national record of 75.55m.
Women's events
Discus – Germany's 2011 World Championships silver medallist Nadine Müller, and the top European thrower last year, was in stunning form as she sent all six of her throws out to 65.00m or better, culminating with a magnificent personal best of 68.89m.
Her final throw was the longest in t