Women Discus Throw Athletics XI World Championchip 2007 Osaka, Japan -

Women Discus Throw Athletics XI World Championchip 2007 Osaka, Japan -

Women Discus Throw Final

29.08 19:45

Final 19:45	Team	dist.	N	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	qual.
1. Franka Dietzsch	GER	66.61m	485	66.61	66.48	63.92	63.81	65.29	X	65.17m
2. Darya Pishchalnikova	RUS	65.78m	830	59.91	63.10	65.14	60.83	65.78	65.55	61.88m
3. Yarelis Barrios	CUB	63.90m	351	63.90	61.75	X	62.44	X	57.60	63.44m
4. Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	63.40m	770	59.51	59.79	63.14	61.44	63.02	63.40	64.26m
5. Taifeng Sun	CHN	63.22m	333	61.21	60.39	63.22	61.57	X	X	61.99m
6. Olena Antonova	UKR	62.41m	911	59.61	60.86	59.96	62.41	62.17	61.81	60.90m
7. Joanna Wisniewska	POL	61.35m	758	61.35	59.96	60.95	59.64	X	60.64	63.13m
8. Natalya Fokina-Semenova	UKR	61.17m	915	61.17	60.36	60.11	59.94	X	58.37	61.33m
9. Xuejun Ma	CHN	59.37m	326	X	59.37	58.96				60.89m
10. Iryna Yatchenko	BLR	58.67m	266	X	58.67	X				62.63m
11. Yania Ferrales	CUB	58.20m	365	X	58.20	X				61.48m
12. Melina Robert-Michon	FRA	57.81m	455	X	57.81	X				61.66m

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Dietzsch (39) headed the world list with 68.06, and endorsed her position as favourite on her record ninth appearance in the championships by leading the qualifying round with 65.17. The champion from 1999 and 2005 opened up in the final with 66.61, which she followed with 66.48. Neither mark was headed on the day, though Pishchalnikova did (like Dietzsch) produce three throws over 65m. No-one else could get over 64m, and Barrios’s opening throw of 63.90 held up against Grasu, who achieved her best of 63.40 in the final round. Dietzsch had first competed internationally – for the GDR – in 1986, placing second in the World Junior championships. In winning, she became the first athlete to win the women’s discus three times and the second-oldest World Champion after 2001 winner Ellina Zvereva.
The following summer, Pishchalnikova was found guilty of tampering or attempting to tamper with a doping control sample back in April 2007. As detailed in the report here of the Osaka women’s 1500m, she was eventually banned from that date to April 30, 2011. So her Osaka silver went to Barrios, and Grasu won her third world medal.

Women Discus Throw Qualification	27.08 10:00
mark 61.50m	8+4 Athletes

Group A 10:00	Team	dist.	N	1.	2.	3.
1. Franka Dietzsch	GER	65.17m	485	57.13	65.17
2. Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	64.26m	770	61.29	X	64.26
3. Yarelis Barrios	CUB	63.44m	351	63.44
4. Iryna Yatchenko	BLR	62.63m	266	62.63
5. Xuejun Ma	CHN	60.89m	326	51.67	59.62	60.89
6. Dani Samuels	AUS	60.44m	225	54.47	60.44	57.97
7. Aimin Song	CHN	60.10m	332	60.10	X	57.98
8. Kateryna Karsak	UKR	59.46m	919	59.46	X	X
9. Wioletta Potepa	POL	59.20m	750	X	59.20	X
10.Anna Soderberg	SWE	58.65m	893	56.56	57.96	58.65
11.Becky Breisch	USA	58.42m	950	X	54.55	58.42
12.Dragana Tomaševic	SRB	57.96m	864	57.85	56.96	57.96
13.Cecilia Barnes	USA	53.02m	948	53.02	X	X
14.Tereapii Tapoki	COK	50.35m	344	50.35	48.37	48.32

Group B 11:30	Team	dist.	N	1.	2.	3.
1. Joanna Wisniewska	POL	63.13m	758	63.13
2. Taifeng Sun	CHN	61.99m	333	61.99
3. Darya Pishchalnikova	RUS	61.88m	830	58.76	61.88
4. Melina Robert-Michon	FRA	61.66m	455	59.79	57.95	61.66
5. Yania Ferrales	CUB	61.48m	365	59.96	X	61.48
6. Natalya Fokina-Semenova	UKR	61.33m	915	61.33	X	59.15
7. Olena Antonova	UKR	60.90m	911	59.04	60.90	X
8. Suzanne Powell	USA	59.57m	989	59.57	59.08	58.23
9. Vera Pospišilova-Cechlova	CZE	57.56m	381	57.56	56.97	X
10.Elisangela Adriano	BRA	57.21m	268	56.50	55.15	57.21
11.Krishna Poonia	IND	57.17m	553	50.52	54.38	57.17
12.Nadine Muller	GER	55.98m	503	55.98	55.09	X
13.Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	55.75m	724	X	55.75	X
14.Yuka Murofushi	JPN	52.76m	619	50.76	51.79	52.76

Women Discus Throw Startlist
30 Athletes /19 Countries	Team	Birth	Best	2007	Qual.
225 Dani Samuels	AUS	26 May 88	60.63	60.47	60.63
266 Iryna Yatchenko	BLR	31 Oct 65	69.14	64.87	64.87
268 Elis�ngela Adriano	BRA	27 Jul 72	61.96	61.09	61.09
326 Xuejun Ma	CHN	26 Mar 85	65.00	62.57	65.00
332 Aimin Song	CHN	15 Mar 78	65.33	62.64	63.52
333 Taifeng Sun	CHN	26 Aug 82	64.98	64.98	64.98
344 Tereapii Tapoki	COK	19 Apr 84	57.61	55.90	57.61
351 Yarelis Barrios	CUB	12 Jul 83	66.68	66.68	66.68
365 Yania Ferrales	CUB	28 Jul 77	66.00	64.97	66.00
381 Vera Posp�silov�-Cechlov�	CZE	19 Nov 78	67.71	66.18	66.18
455 M�lina Robert-Michon	FRA	18 Jul 79	65.78	63.48	63.48
485 Franka Dietzsch	GER	22 Jan 68	69.51	68.06	68.51
503 Nadine M�ller	GER	21 Nov 85	62.93	62.93	62.93
545 Seema Antil	IND	27 Jul 83	64.84	58.09	60.56
553 Krishna Poonia	IND	5 May 82	61.53	58.80	61.53
619 Yuka Murofushi	JPN	11 Feb 77	58.62	58.62	58.62
724 Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	23 Oct 74	68.52	62.20	63.30
750 Wioletta Potepa	POL	13 Dec 80	66.01	61.62	66.01
758 Joanna Wisniewska	POL	24 May 72	63.97	62.85	62.85
770 Nicoleta Grasu	ROM	11 Sep 71	68.80	65.60	65.60
830 Darya Pishchalnikova	RUS	19 Jul 85	65.55	64.15	65.55
864 Dragana Tomasevic	SRB	4 Jun 82	63.63	61.52	63.63
893 Anna S�derberg	SWE	11 Jun 73	64.54	62.98	64.00
911 Olena Antonova	UKR	16 Jun 72	67.30	61.29	62.83
915 Natalya Fokina-Semenova	UKR	7 Jul 82	63.11	62.44	62.44
919 Kateryna Karsak	UKR	26 Dec 85	64.40	64.40	64.40
948 Cecilia Barnes	USA	24 Jul 80	60.17	60.17	60.17
950 Becky Breisch	USA	16 Mar 83	67.37	67.37	67.37
951 Stephanie Brown-Trafton	USA	1 Dec 79	61.90	61.40	61.40
989 Suzanne Powell	USA	3 Sep 76	67.67	67.67	67.67