To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the epic hammer dual at the Mardyke on 3rd July 1984 when the official world record for the hammer was shattered on no less than eight occasions by the two greatest hammer throwers of the time, double Olympic Gold medallist Yuriy Sedykh and World Champion Sergey Litvinov.the organisers of the 63rd Cork City Sports to be held on Tuesday 8th July are including a special international mens hammer event on the programme.
Some of Europe’s top throwers are expected to participate in addition to all the leading Irish throwers.