 In 2006, at the World Junior Championships in Beijing Hunt established a new world junior record of 66.35 metres in his first throw on the qualifying round.At the final competition Hunt improved his own world junior record to 66.68 m in the fourth round and then 67.32 m in the sixth and final round.Three days later he won the gold medal in the shot put by 20.53 metres in the final, beating the closest competitor by 39 centimetres.