Primoz Kozmus

Reigning Olympic and world hammer-throwing champion Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia has called a time out on his career, saying he would make a decision on whether to quit before the start of next season."Although I conquered the worlds and the Olympics, I am aware there are other summits left to climb. And a wish to do so remains. But I do not have any strength left for new achievements at the moment," the 31-year-old said."I need a break and a longer period of time to think over how to move...Read Full Story

Slovenia's Olympic champion Primoz Kozmus won the men's hammer title here at the world championships on Monday.The 29-year-old - who last year gave Slovenia their first ever Olympic title - threw a maximum of 80.84 metres to beat Poland's 2000 Olympic champion Szymon Ziolkowski (79.30m) while Aleksey Zagornyi of Russia was third (78.09m).A former high jumper, Kozmus was under pressure from the second round as Ziolkowski hurled the hammer 79.30 but the Slovenian drew on his experiences from...Read Full Story

21 December 2008 - After becoming the only Slovenian Beijing gold medalist and the first Track and Field gold medalist in my country’s history, it still struck me how busy the last few months were for me. The flow of media and general public attention, interviews and invitations to different events just seemed endless!Read Full Story

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Olympic Hammer champion Primoz Kozmus was voted as the Slovenian Male Athlete of the Year 2008. Marija Sestak, Olympic Triple Jump…Read Full Story