Edwards Hits Lifetime Bet To Meet Beijing Target

LEICESTERSHIRE’S Mark Edwards was in superb early outdoor season form as the 33-year-old Charnwood athlete smashed his lifetime best in the Shot competition with a terrific throw of 20.70 metres at the Notts Spring Spruce meeting at the Harvey Haddon Stadium on Sunday (April 6th), but more importantly this impressive performance achieved the Olympic ‘A’ qualifying standard for the Beijing Games.

Previous Best

This new mark improves Edwards previous best of 20.25m set indoors back in February this year at the Saucony Loughborough Open meeting.

American Adam Nelson leads the current IAAF World-list with a throw of 22.40m recorded in Fayetteville, Arizona, also in February.

Poland's Tomasz Majewski's bronze medal throw of 20.93m set at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain, heads the European rankings for 2008.