Leipzig's youngsters in stone throwing: Morgaine breaks top mark!

Leipzig's youngsters in stone throwing: Morgaine breaks top mark!

On May 30, 2025, an exciting competition will take place in the throwing discipline of stone punching as part of the gymnastics festival in Leipzig. The event begins at 10 a.m. on the sand pit at the Stadium of Peace, near the Motor Gohlis Nord sports club. Here six talented young athletes aged 16 and 17 compete against each other to measure their skills in this special discipline. The stone used weighs 5 kilograms for the participants, which corresponds to the weight for the age group up to 19 years.

stone push combined elements of javelin throwing and shot put and requires both considerable power and good coordination. Athletics Online explains that throwing disciplines such as discus throwing, hammer throwing, shot put and javelin throwing are among the traditional and Olympic competitions of athletics.

services and goals of the athletes

In competition, the focus is on Morgaine Rosenke from Leipzig, who achieved a new personal competition best with a width of 7.43 meters. This result could bring you into a good position because she is pursuing her ambitions for medal ranks at the German Fairy Fighting Athletics Championship, which will take place on Sunday. The disciplines of the championship include long jumps, shot puts, sling ball throwing, 100-meter run and 1,000-meter run.

The litter disciplines in athletics are not only known for their technical difficulty, but also for the variety of throwing devices and weight classes. While the maximum weight for women in the shot put is 4 kg, the weight for men is 7.257 kg. This applies similarly to the discus throwing and javelin throwing, with the men's weight in discus two and 800 g in the spear.

The great interest in athletics

Athletics is very popular in Germany. Around 7.9 million people have a strong interest in this sport, which underlines how important it is in the national sports structure. The German Athletics Association (DLV) is the sixth largest sports association in Germany and counted around 793,000 members last year. It is particularly noteworthy that 2024 more women than men were active in the DLV.

with athletes like Usain Bolt, who holds world records over 100 meters and 200 meters, as well as Malaika Mihambo in long jump, athletics is characterized by great idols. Statista emphasizes that this sport generates immense attention not only at the Olympic Games, but also at national championships.