Few events in Moscow will have such a clear favourite as the women s Discus, with many expecting Sandra Perkovic to add the world title to the Olympic crown she took in London last year.

Expectations will be high of a home victory as the host nation Russia boast three of the top five throwers in the world this year.

After being so long in the shadow of other throwers at major championships, not least Czech Republic s London 2012 Olympic Games champion and World record holder Barbora Spotakova who will be missing in Moscow because of maternity leave, Germany s Chri...

Ryan Whiting leads the 2013 lists as the only man over 22 metres this year, having set a personal best of 22.28m when winning at the opening IAAF Diamond League meeting of the year in Doha back in May.

Robert Harting may have succumbed to his first defeats since 2010 recently but the 2009 and 2011 World champion will still be the man to beat as he goes in search of his third consecutive title.

In 1980, the Soviet Union's Sergey Litvinov took the silver medal in the Hammer Throw at the Olympic Games in Moscow behind the great Yuriy Sedykh.