No joy for Aust discus throwers

Australian discus throwers Benn Harradine and Julian Wruck have failed to make it into the top eight at the world championships.

Australians Benn Harradine and Julian Wruck have finished outside the top eight in the men's discus final at the world athletics championships.

The duo performed well below their best to finish in 10th and 12th spots respectively.

Piotr Malachowski from Poland won gold with 67.40m and the minor medals went to Belgium's Philip Milasnov (66.90m) and Robert Urbanek from Poland (65.18m).