Final 20:45 Team Dist. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Yipsi Moreno CUB73.33m 71.02 73.33 72.52 69.84 64.98 X 2. Olga Kuzenkova RUS71.71m 68.71 71.14 X 71.71 70.73 65.86 3. Manuela Montebrun FRA70.92m 69.38 68.61 68.37 70.92 69.64 X 4. Yuan Gu CHN70.77m 68.68 69.66 70.77 X X 66.13 5. Susanne Keil GER69.43m 69.43 X 69.17 X 68.38 67.41 6. Mihaela Melinte ROU68.69m 68.04 68.69 X 68.03 X X 7. Anna Mahon USA68.45m 66.48 65.42 68.45 64.55 68.30 67.34 8. Kamila Skolimowska POL68.39m 66.05 68.39 X 65.83 X 65.85 9. Candice Scott TRI67.73m 66.75 66.80 67.73 10.Lorraine Shaw GBR65.95m 65.66 65.95 63.92 11.Betty Heidler GER65.81m 65.81 64.20 X -.Melissa Price USADQ X X 62.34
Moreno became the only athlete to retain a throws title from Edmonton, though she needed three attempts just to qualify for the final. Once there, the 22 year-old Cuban took an immediate lead at 71.02, then went on to dominate the contest with throws of 73.33 and 72.52. Kuzenkova scored a third successive silver. The crowd were greatly relieved that Montebrun moved from fifth to third in round four. Less satisfied was Gu, who became the first woman to throw 70m and not win a medal.
Qualification - Tuesday 26.08 mark 68.50m 3+9 Athletes
Group A 10.05h Team Dist. 1 2 3 1. Manuela Montebrun FRA71.36m 71.36 2. Olga Kuzenkova RUS69.53m X 67.89 69.53 3. Candice Scott TRI67.27m 67.27 65.86 63.10 4. Kamila Skolimowska POL66.38m 66.38 66.01 X 5. Susanne Keil GER66.30m 61.56 66.30 61.10 6. Melissa Price USA66.13m 66.13 X X 7. Yuan Gu CHN66.02m 61.14 64.03 66.02 8. Brooke Krueger AUS64.84m 63.97 64.84 X 9. Yunaika Crawford CUB64.59m 59.59 X 64.59 10.Wei Zhao CHN63.85m 60.50 63.85 61.91 11.Vania Silva POR63.82m 62.75 X 63.82 12.Clarissa Claretti ITA62.19m X 58.99 62.19 13.Dawn Ellerbe USA61.66m 61.66 56.00 60.19 14.Evdokia Tsamoglou GRE61.44m X X 61.44 15.Alla Davydova RUS61.43m 60.93 60.84 61.43 16.Cecilia Nilsson SWE61.14m X 60.09 61.14 17.Masumi Aya JPN60.78m 60.51 X 60.78 18.Aldenay Vasallo CUB58.96m 58.96 58.71 58.43 19.Berta Castells ESP58.13m 57.64 58.13 X -.Sanja Gavrilovic CRONM X X X -. Olga Tsander BLRNM X X X -. Andrea Bunjes GERNM X X X
Group B 12.00h Team Dist. 1 2 3 1. Yipsi Moreno CUB70.91m 66.78 67.20 70.91 2. Betty Heidler GER67.46m 67.46 X X 3. Mihaela Melinte ROU67.27m 67.23 65.39 67.27 4. Anna Mahon USA67.25m 66.83 66.16 67.25 5. Lorraine Shaw GBR66.10m 66.10 63.53 64.60 6. Svetlana Sudak BLR65.29m 65.29 61.92 X 7. Wenxiu Zhang CHN65.09m 65.09 X X 8. Sini Poyry FIN65.01m 60.49 65.00 65.01 9. Bronwyn Eagles AUS64.97m 64.82 64.97 61.25 10.Ester Balassini ITA64.77m 64.04 64.77 60.57 11.Alexandra Papayeoryiou GRE64.72m 64.72 59.94 X 12.Marwa Hussein EGY64.53m 64.53 63.92 64.21 13.Lisa Misipeka ASA64.42m 63.10 61.49 64.42 14.Oksana Menkova BLR64.11m X 64.11 61.60 15.Yelena Konevtseva RUS63.00m 63.00 59.40 62.88 16.Katalin Divos HUN62.58m X 59.60 62.58 17.Florence Ezeh FRA62.12m 62.12 57.41 61.73 18.Iryna Sekachova UKR61.23m X 61.23 56.91 19.Ivana Brkljacic CRO60.06m 56.16 60.06 X 20.Lucie Vrbenska CZE57.73m X 56.69 57.73 21.Elena Teloni CYP55.20m 55.20 X 52.83 22.Siniva Marsters COK41.54m X 41.54 39.60
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