Women Discus Throw Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE)

Women Discus Throw Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) - Thursday 07.08

Final 18.10h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	66.82m	X	X	66.82	62.60	X	X
2. Ellina Zvereva	BLR	65.90m	63.40	65.90	61.86	64.98	64.64	65.72
3. Natalya Sadova	RUS	65.14m	63.70	65.14	X	63.08	X	X
4. Larisa Korotkevich	RUS	63.02m	62.76	62.44	60.96	X	63.02	62.04
5. Irina Yatchenko	BLR	62.58m	X	62.02	61.40	62.58	60.70	57.94
6. Teresa Machado	POR	62.00m	62.00	60.78	X	X	59.92	X
7. Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.92m	61.92	57.70	X	58.00	59.66	58.12
8. Agnese Maffeis	ITA	61.40m	61.40	54.98	57.48	54.36	54.28	X
9. Zhili Luan	CHN	60.62m	60.62	57.42	57.76
10.Nicoleta Grasu	ROM	60.14m	58.06	58.88	60.14
11.Anna Soderberg	SWE	58.22m	58.22	X	X
12.Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	AUS	57.56m	55.20	57.56	X

Faumuina lived dangerously before winning New Zealand’s first ever world title (or medal even). In the qualifying competition she faced a crisis after fouling her first two throws. She might have opted for a safety throw but there was no compromise as she registered a distance of 64.58. In the final the same thing happened. Two fouls left her facing extinction and she needed over 61m to survive the cut. No problem ... despite, or maybe because of, the pressure she threw 66.82, which not only ensured her three more trials but won her the title. She had come a long way since Gothenburg where she failed to reach the final, placing 28th of the 33 entrants with 54.32. Defending champion Zvereva and Olympic silver medallist Sadova were unable to improve upon their second round efforts of 65.90 and 65.14 for the other medals.

Qualification - Tuesday 05.08

mark 62.00m? 4+8 Athletes

Group A 8.10h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Irina Yatchenko	BLR	65.00m	65.00
2. Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	64.58m	X	X	64.58
3. Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.52m	58.62	58.90	61.52
4. Nicoleta Grasu	ROM	60.44m	60.16	X	60.44
5. Larisa Korotkevich	RUS	60.30m	60.30	X	59.68
6. Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	AUS	60.28m	60.28	59.20	57.86
7. Agnese Maffeis	ITA	59.94m	59.94	58.96	55.44
8. Fengying Liu	CHN	59.50m	X	56.12	59.50
9. Alice Matejkova	CZE	58.96m	X	58.96	55.70
10.Suzanne Powell	USA	54.22m	54.22	52.70	52.62
11.Shelley Drew	GBR	53.96m	53.96	52.14
12.Tsvetanka Khristova	BUL	53.64m	X	53.64	49.56
13.Areti Abatzi	GRE	49.72m	49.72
14.Husniye Keskin	TUR	48.80m	46.80	48.80

Group B 9.50h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Ellina Zvereva	BLR	65.94m	X	61.76	65.94
2. Natalya Sadova	RUS	65.14m	65.14
3. Teresa Machado	POR	61.36m	57.40	X	61.36
4. Zhili Luan	CHN	61.18m	57.74	61.18	X
5. Anna Soderberg	SWE	59.88m	59.64	X	59.88
6. Yelena Antonova	UKR	59.62m	59.62	59.10	56.70
7. Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	59.22m	56.48	59.22	58.30
8. Edie Boyer	USA	59.18m	59.18	X	X
9. Elisangela Adriano	BRA	57.88m	47.00	57.88	54.66
10.Yanling Xiao	CHN	56.32m	X	56.32	X
11.Lacy Barnes-Mileham	USA	55.52m	53.22	55.52	X
12.Siniva Marsters	CKI	35.22m	X	X	35.22
-. Franka Dietzsch	GER	NM	X	X	X
-. Isabelle Devaluez	FRA	NM	X	X	X
-. Mette Bergmann	NOR	NM	X	X	X