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The men throwing athletes weigh more than 3,5 tons collectively, but are the shot putters, discus throwers, or hammer throwers the heaviest?<\/p>\nThe men throwing athletes weigh more than 3,5 tons collectively, but are the shot putters, discus throwers, or hammer throwers the heaviest?<\/p>\n
New Zealander Tom Walsh<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 with his 120 kilograms \u2013 is not going to be the heaviest athlete at the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial \u2013 Hungarian Grand Prix. Nevertheless, he had some interesting things to say about how his rivals prepare for competitions.<\/p>\n \u2013 Some people need to be angry before the competition, so they purposefully rile themselves up. I even know some people, who want to pick a fight against somebody and some people arrive at the last second out of pure superstition. I am always calm before my throws, which works for me, but it does not work for everyone.<\/em><\/p>\n Walsh \u2013 who is a successful bodybuilder \u2013 says that golf is the perfect source of relaxation. They usually go together with his coach and the rule is never to talk about athletics.<\/p>\n Polish Michael Haratyk<\/a> is the second heaviest among shot putters with 136 kilograms. Shot putting is a family tradition for him, his brother, Lukasz was also very successful in this event. The heaviest shot putter is Konrad Bukowiecki<\/a> with 140 kilograms.<\/p>\n The collective weight of the shot putters is 1236 kilograms.<\/p>\n Swedish discus throwing giant Daniel Stahl<\/a> <\/strong>sees 155 kilograms when he looks at the scale. Doha\u2019s World Champion won in Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r the past two years and it will be his fifth time at the Grand Prix.<\/p>\n Jamaican Fedrick Dacres<\/a> is \u201eonly\u201d 104 kilograms, but he is not to be taken lightly since he is the winner of six Diamond Leagues and is a World Championship silver medallist.<\/p>\n If we add the weight of the discus throwers together \u2013 including Hungarians J\u00e1nos Husz\u00e1k and R\u00f3bert Szikszai \u2013 it adds up to 1116 kilograms, more than a ton.<\/p>\n The hammer throwers are no featherweights themselves, but they start from lower numbers: D\u00e1niel R\u00e1ba 116, Bence P\u00e1sztor 95, Bence Hal\u00e1sz 115, Kriszti\u00e1n Pars 117, Pawel Fajdek 120, Wojciech Nowicki 128, Marcel Lomnicky 106, Eivind Henriksen 116, Mykhaylo Kokhan 103, Taylor Campbell 107, Valeriy Pronkin 115 kilograms. If we got them all on a scale together, they would weigh 1229 kilograms, though there are one more of them than discus throwers.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gyulaimemorial.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Daniel-Stahl-300x200.jpg\")
Croatian Filip Mihaljevic<\/a> \u2013 who weighs 115 kilograms \u2013 is a big fan of using Instagram. He shared the video of his best throw on his social media feed.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gyulaimemorial.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Piotr-Malachowski-300x200.jpg\")
Lithuanian Andrius Gudzius<\/a> is among the leaders with 136 kilograms with Piotr Malachowski<\/a><\/strong> not far behind him with 130 kilograms while 207 centimetres tall Christoph Harting weighs 120 kilograms.<\/p>\n