Rudy Winkler On Offseason Injury, Approach To 2026, And New Athlete-Focused Model For LA Throws Cup

Rudy Winkler On Offseason Injury, Approach To 2026, And New Athlete-Focused Model For LA Throws Cup

I'm joined by American Record holder Rudy Winkler in today's episode. Rudy's 2026 season is off to a great start, with a season's best of 80.88m and three of four competitions over 80m, but this comes in the shadow of a back injury during the offseason. We talked about how he's approaching a new structure for the 2026 season, what it's like to compete in such an incredible era of men's hammer throw, and he gave insights from an athlete on the new support model at the LA Throws Cup on June 27. Access to the live stream and results costs $20, with half going directly to the athletes and half going towards South Bay Athletic Club. Follow Rudy: https://www.instagram.com/throwrw/ Use his affiliate link to access live stream and results for LA Throws Cup on Saturday: https://www.southbayathleticclub.org/la-throws-cup-stream-results?via=rudywinkler&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnnfZKT-tip6yqzZzAx0UZps8Y7xjcjU4LGemDVxdkIv8ZblFwYTmPQt4Vdm0_aem_8N2tvfLTI3uCXty80s4plA&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauliethrows/ Twitter: https://x.com/phofmahoney Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FKLGcxqolpBloTohexHG5?si=026b2fdd0d424223 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paulie-throws-podcast/id1829786766 Thumbnail Photo Credits: Audrey Allen

This Week In Throws: Big Throws From Oslo To LA, Alekna Back Over 70m, NCAA Championships Recap + MORE

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This Week In Throws: Women's Hammer Mania, Pathirage Enters Record Books, NCAAs Preview + MORE

What a busy week! Most of the action was concentrated to four spots: Turku, College Station, Rome and Stockholm. Lots of time chatting about lots of big throws, and then lots of time talking about big throws to come at NCAA Outdoors this week. Get your popcorn ready!Intro - 0:00Turku - 1:51Lone Star GP - 7:58Rome DL - 17:11Stockholm DL - 26:35Misc. Highlights - 34:45NCAAs Preview - 39:03Outro - 46:20Thumbnail Photo Credits:

This Week In Throws: Kovacs Opens With World Lead In Rabat, Regional Round-Up, Alekna To Return + MORE

A little lighter yap-load this week, but still plenty of fun stuff to chat about! We got a world lead in Rabat, some great comps in Europe, a ton of neat performances at Regionals, and a big, BIG return. Intro - 0:00 Rabat DL - 1:24 Misc. Highlights - 17:07 NCAA Regionals - 27:51 Coming This Week... - 40:07 Outro - 41:47 Thumbnail Photo Credit: Joe Kovacs - Kevin Morris; Alida van Daalen - Audrey Allen

This Week In Throws: Yan Ziyi Makes History, Diamond League Recaps, World Athletics Qualifying Rules Reaction + MORE

Yan Ziyi and Jessica Schilder. World Athletics hates Ramona. NCAA Conference week was awesome. Rachel Richeson is on fire. All that, and so much more, in this week's episode of This Week In Throws! Intro - 0:00 Shanghai/Keqiao DL - 1:24 Xiamen DL - 10:20 USATF Throws Festival - 23:30 Misc. Highlights - 34:14 NCAA Conference Roundup - 42:29 World Athletics Rules Reaction - 53:41 Coming This Week... - 1:03:22 Outro - 1:04:52 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauliethrows/ Twitter: https://x.com/phofmahoney Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FKLGcxqolpBloTohexHG5?si=026b2fdd0d424223 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paulie-throws-podcast/id1829786766 Thumbnail Photo Credits: Courtesy of Diamond League AG