Far from the World Athletics Championships in Osaka a Finn has emerged at the top of his game-- in mobile phone-throwing, organisers of the event announced Sunday.

Competitors were reduced to silence when Tommi Huotari threw his cellphone 82.62 metres (294 feet) at the eighth annual tournament in Finland, home of Nokia, the world's number one handset manufacturer.



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A competitor roars after throwing the phone at the annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship in Finland, in 2004. Far from the World Athletics Championships in Osaka a Finn has emerged at the top of his game-- in mobile phone-throwing, organisers of the event announced Sunday.

Finns dominated the competition, with just one Canadian managing to come in 10th in the first 17 places, all of the rest going to Finns.

Russians, Germans, Americans and Dutch contenders also took part.

Last year's female winner, Eija Laakso, also Finnish, repeated her victory with a 44.49 metre throw against Dutch rival Farah el Airoudi, who only managed 42.06 metres.