The hammer throw is an event in athletics with great, more than hundred-year-old, Olympic tradition. In 2000 the women’s competition was incorporated into the Olympic Programme and since then has shown steady growth both in number of participants, and number of World Records.

Nevertheless, this development is thwarted by the continual exclusion of the event from stadiums and the non-integration in the competition programme of the Diamond League.

In order to keep up with the ever-growing participation in contemporary sport, track and field must be promoted strongly across all events. Failure to do so leads to a decline in the number of athletes entering into or participating in athletics. It is increasingly difficult to keep the athletes of tomorrow in athletics when they are not able to watch their chosen event in the stadium, on TV or via live-streaming. These children and young athletes need role models to emulate and to motivate them to new challenges.