Gerd Kanter brings home the gold.
TALLINN- Ruling world champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia won the discus event at the Beijing Summer Olympics on Tuesday with 68.82 meters thrown in the fourth round.
Piotr Malachowski of Poland got silver with 67.82.
Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania got bronze, losing the Poland by three centimeters.
Kanter's discus landed at 63.42 in the opening round, at 66.38 in the second round and at 62.78 in the third round.
His fifth attempt failed, and on the final attempt he was unable to improve the result.
Another Estonian in the competition, Aleksander Tammert, threw his first try into the net. His 61.32 in round two and 61.38 in round three eliminated him from the final part of the competition. Tammert finished the competition in 12th place.
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