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2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.

Valerie Adams putting at Daegu
Official Video[permanent dead link]

There were two main contenders for the gold medal: New Zealander Valerie Vili (who returned to using her maiden name of Adams following her 2010 divorce) and Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus. Adams, with four straight wins on the Diamond League circuit, entered the competition as the defending champion and reigning Olympic champion. Astapchuk was the only other woman to have thrown over 20.50 m that season and held the world leading mark of 20.94 m. Other in-form throwers included Americans Jillian Camarena-Williams and Michelle Carter, and Chinese athletes Gong Lijiao and Li Ling. The 2009 silver medallist Nadine Kleinert and 2008 Olympic runner-up Natallia Mikhnevich were present, but neither had performed to a high standard that year.[1][2]

Having already clearly won the final, Adams relaxed and let loose a put of 21.24 on her final throw. While it only elevated her to 22nd on the all-time list, it was the best throw since Larisa Peleshenko in 2000. It was obviously her personal best and annual world leader, it was also the New Zealand national record and Oceana area record. It also equalled the championship record from 1987. Previous world leader Nadzeya Astapchuk came through in the fifth round with a 20.05 put, to edge past Jillian Camarena-Williams.

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Valerie Adams
  New Zealand (NZL) 		Jillian Camarena-Williams
  United States (USA) 		Gong Lijiao
  China (CHN)

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Championship record   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 21.24 Rome, Italy 5 September 1987
World leading   Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) 20.94 Zhukovsky, Russia 3 July 2011
African record   Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) 18.35 Ijebu Ode, Nigeria 17 April 2006
Asian record   Meisu Li (CHN) 21.76 Shijiazhuang, China 23 April 1988
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Belsy Laza (CUB) 20.96 Mexico City, Mexico 2 May 1992
South American record   Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 19.30 Tunja, Colombia 14 July 2001
European record   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Oceanian record   Valerie Adams (NZL) 21.07 Thessaloniki, Greece 13 September 2009

Qualification standards edit

A standard B standard
18.30 17.30

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
August 28, 2011 10:20 Qualification
August 29, 2011 20:40 Final

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Valerie Adams   New Zealand (NZL) 19.79 19.79 Q
2 B Gong Lijiao   China (CHN) 19.21 19.21 Q
3 B Christina Schwanitz   Germany (GER) 19.20 19.20 Q, SB
4 B Nadzeya Astapchuk   Belarus (BLR) 19.11 19.11 Q
5 A Jillian Camarena-Williams   United States (USA) 19.09 19.09 Q
6 B Anna Omarova   Russia (RUS) 17.86 18.01 19.03 19.03 Q
7 A Cleopatra Borel-Brown   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 18.20 18.41 18.95 18.95 Q
8 A Anna Avdeyeva   Russia (RUS) 18.32 18.33 18.92 18.92 Q
9 B Yevgeniya Kolodko   Russia (RUS) 18.58 18.90 18.90 Q
10 A Natallia Mikhnevich   Belarus (BLR) 18.88 18.88 Q
11 B Michelle Carter   United States (USA) 18.85 18.85 Q
12 A Nadine Kleinert   Germany (GER) 18.75 18.75 Q
13 A Li Ling   China (CHN) 18.67 18.67 Q
14 B Chiara Rosa   Italy (ITA) 17.69 18.27 18.28 18.28
15 B Mailín Vargas   Cuba (CUB) x 18.27 x 18.27
16 A Misleydis González   Cuba (CUB) 18.24 17.96 17.83 18.24
17 B Liu Xiangrong   China (CHN) 17.59 17.96 18.22 18.22
18 A Julie Labonté   Canada (CAN) 17.66 18.04 x 18.04
19 A Josephine Terlecki   Germany (GER) 17.85 17.72 17.20 17.85
20 B Natalia Ducó   Chile (CHI) 17.42 x 17.42 17.42
21 A Sarah Stevens-Walker   United States (USA) 16.50 x 17.20 17.20
22 B Anita Márton   Hungary (HUN) x 16.33 17.04 17.04
23 B Lee Mi-Young   South Korea (KOR) 16.08 16.18 15.96 16.18
24 B Simoné du Toit   South Africa (RSA) 15.83 x x 15.83
25 A Radoslava Mavrodieva   Bulgaria (BUL) x 15.76 x 15.76

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Valerie Adams   New Zealand (NZL) 19.37 x 20.04 20.72 x 21.24 21.24 CR, AR, WL
  Jillian Camarena-Williams   United States (USA) 19.63 18.53 19.24 20.02 18.80 19.44 20.02
  Gong Lijiao   China (CHN) 19.64 x x 19.82 19.97 x 19.97
4 Yevgeniya Kolodko   Russia (RUS) 18.42 18.28 19.78 x x 19.26 19.78 PB
5 Li Ling   China (CHN) 19.12 19.71 19.23 19.60 19.50 19.49 19.71
6 Anna Avdeyeva   Russia (RUS) 18.80 18.65 19.16 18.96 19.54 18.51 19.54 SB
7 Nadine Kleinert   Germany (GER) 19.26 x 18.83 x x - 19.26 SB
8 Michelle Carter   United States (USA) 18.76 x 18.13 18.76
9 Anna Omarova   Russia (RUS) 18.67 x x 18.67
10 Natallia Mikhnevich   Belarus (BLR) 18.44 x 18.47 18.47
11 Christina Schwanitz   Germany (GER) 17.96 x x 17.96
12 Cleopatra Borel-Brown   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) x 17.62 17.53 17.62
Nadezhda Ostapchuk   Belarus (BLR) 19.58 19.34 19.87 19.87 20.05 19.60 20.05 m DQ

References edit

  1. ^ Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Shot Put - PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ Shot Put 2011. IAAF (2011-08-28). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.

External links edit

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