Berlin 09 Diary: Day 5, Men's Discus: Harting Kicks Butt, Germany worships! Note by Larry Eder

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Field events really are making a huge impact here! The Germans have won medals in the womens’ shot, heptathlon, women’s javelin, Men’s shot and now, Men’s Discus.

Robert Harting, in the qualifying, before he became a German discus deity! photo by PhotoRun.net.
Robert Harting, started out in first, in 68.25m, then threw 67.04m, 67.80m, fouled and threw another 67.80m in round five. Piotr Malachowski of Poland woke up in round five and cranked a 69.15m. Gerd Kanter of Estonia was having a bad day and mustered 65.91m, 68.05m which put him in silver, until Malachowski dropped his 69.15m throw in round five.
Robert Harting used the good wishes of 55,000 screaming Germans and cranked a 69.43m throw, to take the lead in the sixth round! PIotr Malachowski tried gamely, but his last throw of 67.33m did not do it!
Robert Harting won the discus, tore off his shirt, and picked up one of the WC mascots and just beamed with pleasure at his win! This might be my zen moment of the evening!

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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