Mart Israel fifth in La Jolla discus challenge...

Former Washington Husky Mart Israel finished fifth in the La Jolla world record discus challenge Tuesday on the campus of the University of California-San Diego.

Fellow training partner from Estonia and the reigning world and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter won the competition with a toss of 227-11 (69.47m).

Israel had a best throw of 206-0 (62.79m) which he completed in the fifth round.

The complete results from Tuesday's competition is up at Kanter's web site.

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