Stalman was favourite to win, and she went to the front in round 1 with
64.50. The surprise occurred in round 5 when Deniz threw close to her
US record with 64.86 to move ahead. Stalman reacted well, launching
the winning throw in the last round. To put the event in perspective, the
“Druzhba” meeting in Prague saw Meszynski (GDR) throw a world
record 73.36, as seven throwers threw beyond 66m.
In January 2016 on the Dutch television programme “Andere
Tijden Sport” (Other Times Sports), Stalman admitted to taking
steroids at the time of her career when she won Olympic gold.
Referring to Eastern European women who were throwing fifteen
metres further, she said “If you can not beat them, join them. And I did...
I could do it without risk during training because there were no out-
of-competition controls.”