Haddadi fails to qualify for discus

The 23-year-old Haddadi ranked 17th with a 61.34 meters throw on Saturday morning.

Another Iranian discus thrower Abbas Samimi ranked 26th out of 38 aspirants with a 59.92 meters throw the same day. Only 12discus throwers were qualified to move on to the next stage the competition.

Haddadi, the Asian discus record holder, improved his own Asian record at the Golden League in Berlin on June 2 with a 69.12m effort.

Haddadi ranked fourth in the latest International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rankings after Lithuanian Virgilijus Alekna, Estonian Gerd Kanter and Spain's Mario Pestano.