Women Javelin Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla, Spain - Saturday 28.08 - Gold Medal: Mirela Manjani-Tzelili, Greece
Final
Distance
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1. Mirela Manjani-Tzelili
GRE
67.09m
62.41
66.33
67.09
66.44
X
X
2. Tatyana Shikolenko
RUS
66.37m
63.75
62.28
X
62.51
66.37
X
3. Trine Solberg-Hattestad
NOR
66.06m
63.73
66.06
62.56
64.24
63.42
63.85
4. Osleidys Menendez
CUB
64.61m
64.61
61.12
63.18
62.55
63.74
62.54
5. Louise McPaul-Currey
AUS
64.38m
60.39
X
60.81
64.38
61.10
60.75
6. Sonia Poll Bicet
CUB
63.52m
61.62
61.74
X
63.52
61.08
X
7. Jianhua Wei
CHN
62.97m
58.98
62.27
62.97
X
X
57.66
8. Oksana Ovchinnikova-Makarova
RUS
62.67m
59.23
62.67
X
X
60.16
X
9. Mikaela Ingberg
FIN
60.48m
56.48
59.36
60.48
10.Taina Uppa
FIN
59.83m
X
59.83
X
11.Felicia Tilea-Moldovan
ROU
59.24m
59.24
58.24
X
12.Karen Forkel
GER
54.65m
54.51
54.65
X
In a year which caused so much grief to Albanians there was a result from Seville which might have brought those people some pride and pleasure. Miréla Manjani no longer competes for Albania; now married to Greek weightlifter George Tzelílis she became a Greek citizen in 1997, but she made history by becoming the first Albanian-born athlete ever to win a world athletics title. Title holder Hattestad was delighted to take the lead in round 2 with 66.06 but later in the round Tzelíli went ahead with 66.33 and with her next throw she improved to a Greek record with the new implement of 67.09. Tatyana Shikolenko later produced a Russian record of 66.37 to push Hattestad down to third; her elder sister Natalya won this title for Belarus in 1995. European Champion Tanja Damaske was unable through injury to throw in the qualifying round.