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Photo: Renato Brandjolica/Hanžeković Memorial Ryan Crouser put in fantastic performance at the 6th Ivan Ivančić Memorial in Zagreb. The Olympic champion from Rio de Janeiro threw 22.74 in his third attempt and smashed his own meeting record of 22:28, which he had held since 2016! Crouser threw over 22 metres four times (22.10, 22.74, 22.59, […]

Photo: Renato Brandjolica/Hanžeković Memorial The 70th Hanžeković Memorial is taking place in specific circumstances and with many limitations brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. However, not even such circumstances have stopped some of the world’s best athletes from coming to Zagreb. Nicola McDermott, Australian high jumper of Croatian origin, currently world’s number four, will be

Photo: Renato Brandjolica/Hanzeković Memorial The Zagreb Meeting shot put event, titled the Ivan Ivančić Memorial since 2015, has been marked by the victories and meeting records set by Tom Walsh and Ryan Crouser. However, reigning world champion Joe Kovacs told the organizers last year to also draw the 23m mark in the field this year.

The 110m hurdles event, just like the whole Zagreb Meeting, was named after Boris Hanžeković, the best Croatian athlete before WWII, who was killed during an escape attempt from the Jasenovac concentration camp in 1945. Boris Hanžeković peaked at the 1938 Balkan Games in Belgrade. He was not even 22 years old then and he

The 100m races always draw special attention of the audience at the Zagreb Meeting. This year’s meeting will also include some of the world’s best sprinters. Michael Rodgers and Ramil Guliyev, who know the track in Mladost Stadium very well, have confirmed their appearance. Rodgers is a three-time winner of the Zagreb Meeting, his personal

The women’s high jump will certainly be one of the best events at the 70th Zagreb Meeting, part of the WA Continental Tour Gold series. Two world’s top ranked high jumpers are coming to Zagreb, Ukraine’s Yuliya Levchenko and Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the only two female high jumpers who cleared 200 cm this year. Levchenko is

Judging by the preliminary start list, the 800m race could be one of the highlights of the 70th Zagreb Meeting, which belongs to the WA Continental Tour Gold series now. Leading the start list is the current world silver medallist in this event and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s best athlete Amel Tuka, who won over a

The COVID-19 has also attacked athletics, like everything else, but the 70th Zagreb Meeting – WA Continental Tour Gold will survive in the circumstances that will certainly go down in history as peculiar. The basis of everything is caution – by all for all. It’s the least we can do in this moment to help

The shot put event at Zagreb’s Fountains on 14 September will for sure attract special attention of the athletics fans throughout the world. It is because the start list of the 6th Ivan Ivančić Memorial includes Olympic champion Ryan Crouser and world champion Joe Kovacs. At last year’s press conference, Joe Kovacs told the organizers

It’s less than three weeks until the 70th Zagreb Meeting and the start lists contain an increasing number of names that guarantee excellent competition in Mladost Stadium. The javelin throw will certainly be one of the highlights of the meeting, as the reigning Olympic champion Sara Kolak will share her home turf with Christin Hussong,