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Hammer Thrower Libor Charfreitag Wins Gold

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Libor Charfreitag made history in Barcelona’s Estadio Olimpico stadium by winning Slovakia’s first European title in the men’s hammer final that he dominated from the second round.
Charfreitag’s winning throw of 80.02m is the 2007 world bronze medalists' first title and brought his nation its first ever European championship medal. Before Libor Slovakia’s previous highest finisher was Robert Stefko who was fourth in the 10,000m back in 1994.
Not that the winner was thinking of that. After finishing seventh in Munich 2004 and 14th in Göteborg 2006, the 32-year-old was delighted to finally have his hands on gold.
“To win the gold is a reward for many years of hard work,” he said. “Technically I really messed up tonight. But what counts is the result.”