Final 21:10 Dist. SO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Natalya Sadova Russia 67.02 7. 64.78 64.81 X 65.33 67.02 66.68 2. Anastasía Kelesídou Greece 66.68 10. 62.77 X 66.68 63.71 66.09 61.59 3. Věra Cechlová Czechia 66.08 2. 63.02 66.08 X 62.81 63.21 64.84 4. Yelna Antonova Ukraine 65.75 4. 59.88 64.11 X 63.61 60.37 65.75 5. Nicoleta Grasu Romania 64.92 1. 62.01 62.21 63.48 61.58 61.93 64.92 6. Beatrice Faumuiná New Zealand 63.45 5. X 62.45 X 63.45 62.99 X 7. Katerína Vóggoli Greece 62.37 9. 60.66 61.44 X 62.37 62.32 61.84 8. Yanfeng Li China 61.05 12. 60.67 57.36 61.05 9. Joanna Wisniewska Poland 60.74 58.33 60.74 59.95 10.Stiliani Tsikouna Greece 59.48 59.48 57.76 X -. Yania Ferrales Cuba NM X X X DQ.Irina Yatchenko Belarus 66.17 59.98 61.67 66.17 65.46 63.08 65.54 world Women Discus Throw History Venue: Athens Olympic Stadium, Marousi. Capp.: 72,000. Quota: 42 competitors from 28 nations. The only country with more than one finalist was Greece, and all three of their athletes qualified. Vóggoli, the Greek Champion, and Sadova were the slight favourites. It was Sadova who led the field after the first round, with 64.79. Cechlová took the lead in round two with 66.08, but was overtaken in the next stanza by Ukraine’s Irina Yatchenko (66.17) and Kelesídou (66.68) to the delight of the home crowd. Sadova went from fourth to first in the penultimate round with 67.02, and backed it up with her final cast of 66.68. Each of the medallists had been medal winners previously, Sadova in 1996, while Kelesídou and Yatchenko had occupied the same positions in 2000. It was only after the Games that it was revealed Sadova was to be stripped of her other global title – the 2001 World Championship gold – because of a positive test for caffeine. Then in 2006 she was caught again and suspended for two years. The second doping postscript came when a re-analysis of the sample of Yatchenko revealed a banned sub- stance. The sample had been frozen in 2004 and in 2012 subjected to analytical methods which were not available in 2004. The IOC stripped her of her bronze medal in December 2012 and later upgraded all those below her. Věra Cechlová (née Pospíšilová) (CZE) was the main beni- ficiary and received her bronze medal in August 2013. “The medal is as precious for me as if I had won it at the stadium,” she said. Qualification - Friday 20.08 Mark 62.00m. 7 Athletes oassed the Mark and 5 Best were added to Final.

Group 1 21:30		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Vera Pospišilovä-Cechlovä	Czechia	64.48m	64.48
2. Natalya Sadova	Russia	64.33m	64.33
3. Beatrice Faumuina	New Zealand	64.07m	64.07
4. Ekaterini V�ggoli	Greece	63.39m	63.39
5. Nicoleta Grasu	Romania	61.91m	59.87	60.89	61.91
6. Joanna Wisniewska	Poland	61.48m	61.48	56.11	58.43
7. Harwant Kaur	India	60.82m	60.82	59.20	59.95
8. Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	60.63m	60.35	X	60.63
9. Philippa Roles	Great Britain	58.83m	57.30	58.83	X
10.Olga Chernyavskaya	Russia	58.64m	58.64	58.19	58.55
11.Stephanie Brown	United States	58.54m	X	58.54	X
12.Natalya Fokina	Ukraine	58.28m	58.28	56.84	55.64
13.Elis�ngela Adriano	Brazil	58.13m	X	58.13	X
14.Franka Dietzsch	Germany	58.12m	X	57.57	58.12
15.Vera Begic	Croatia	57.31m	X	54.80	57.31
16.Melina Robert-Michon	France	56.70m	56.70	X	56.53
17.Qun Huang	China	56.53m	56.53	X	55.06
18.Anna S�derberg	Sweden	55.49m	54.04	55.49	51.24
19.�va Kürti	Hungary	52.52m	52.52	50.85	X
20.Tereapii Tapoki	Cook Islands	48.12m	47.59	48.12	X
21.Tsvetanka Khristova	Bulgaria	43.25m	43.25	X	X

Group 2 23:15		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Olena Antonova	Ukraine	64.20m	62.15	64.20
2. Anastasia Kelesidou	Greece	64.13m	64.13
3. Irina Yatchenko	Belarus	63.04m	62.15	63.04
4. Stiliani Tsikouna	Greece	61.72m	61.72	60.17	60.67
5. Yania Ferrales	Cuba	61.54m	X	56.46	61.54
6. Yanfeng Li	China	61.35m	61.19	61.35	61.24
7. Seema Antil	India	60.64m	59.93	60.64	58.41
8. Wioletta Potepa	Poland	60.50m	60.50	X	57.99
9. Neelam Jaswant Singh	India	60.26m	60.26	57.25	60.10
10.Aretha Thurmond	United States	58.82m	52.93	58.82	X
11.Elizna Naude	South Africa	58.74m	58.74	58.26	58.32
12.Teresa Machado	Portugal	58.47m	58.47	57.00	57.65
13.Aimin Song	China	58.19m	58.19	58.03	X
14.Dace Ruskule	Latvia	57.43m	54.49	57.43	X
15.Oksana Yesipchuk	Russia	57.27m	X	57.27	57.18
16.Shelley Newman	Great Britain	56.04m	X	54.04	56.04
17.Vladimira Rackovä	Czechia	55.82m	55.82	X	55.36
18.Alice Matejkovä	Spain	55.37m	54.15	X	55.37
19.Eha Rünne	Estonia	54.82m	54.28	X	54.82
20.Dragana Tomaševic	Serbia Montenegro	54.44m	51.71	X	54.44
-. Seilala Sua	United States	NM	X	X	X

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