Women Shot Put Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) - Thursday 07.08 - Gold Medal: Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany
Final 18:30Distance1.2.3.45.6.
1. Astrid KumbernussGERGER20.71m20.5920.7120.5220.24X20.70
2. Vita PavlyshUKRUKR20.66mX20.57X20.5120.3620.66
3. Stephanie StorpGERGER19.22m19.2218.84X18.67X18.92
4. Zhihong HuangCHNCHN19.15m18.6318.6418.7219.15X19.07
5. Connie Price-SmithUSAUSA19.00m19.0018.1718.64X18.53X
6. Meisu LiCHNCHN18.62m17.3018.6218.2118.5818.1018.50
7. Nadine KleinertGERGER18.42m18.3318.42X17.9118.22X
8. Krystyna Danilczyk-ZabawskaPOLPOL17.83mXX17.83X17.55X
9. Svetla Mitkova-SinirtasBULBUL17.75m17.7517.5117.62
10.Svetlana KrivelyovaRUSRUS17.38mX17.0817.38
11.Valeyta AlthouseUSAUSA16.92m16.92X16.78
12.Tressa ThompsonUSAUSA16.48mX16.48X
Kumbernuss couldn’t wait to avenge her 1997 World Indoor Championships defeat by Pavlysh, a result which terminated the German’s 53-win streak. “Losing in Paris,” she said, “lit the fire again inside me”; she “wanted to show who is boss in the ring.” Following an opening foul by Pavlysh, Kumbernuss started purposefully with 20.59 to establish a lead she was never to lose ... although it was close. Pavlysh threw 20.57 in the second round and although Kumbernuss responded with 20.71 the Ukrainian was always a danger and finished only 5cm down with 20.66, a far cry from the German’s 1.18m winning margin in 1995 over Huang Zhihong. The latter, champion in 1991 and 1993, finished fourth this time behind Storp, Kumbernuss’s training partner, whose bronze medal winning distance of 19.22 would have netted her 12th place in the 1987 final.

Qualification - Tuesday 05.08 19:45

Mark 18.80m - 3 Athletes passed and next 9 were added to Final.
Group ADistanceRk.1.2.3.
1. Connie Price-SmithUSA18.35m5.18.0018.35X
2. Nadine KleinertGER18.26m6.16.8917.8718.26
3. Stephanie StorpGER18.12m7.18.12XX
4. Valeyta AlthouseUSA17.89m12.17.8917.0317.36
5. Mara RosolenITA17.87m13.16.4916.8417.87
6. Liuhong ZhangCHN17.82m15.17.8217.6817.67
7. Irina KorzhanenkoRUS17.80m16.XX17.80
8. Elisangela AdrianoBRA17.71m19.X17.3817.71
9. Valentina FedyushinaUKR17.31m20.17.31X17.19
10.Laurence ManfrediFRA17.02m21.X16.9217.02
11.Myung-Sun LeeKOR16.39m23.16.3816.39X
-. Kalliopi OuzouniGRENM XXX
Group BDistanceRk.1.2.3.
1. Astrid KumbernussGERGER20.69m1.20.69
2. Vita PavlyshUKRUKR20.48m2.20.48
3. Zhihong HuangCHNCHN19.05m3.19.05
4. Svetlana KrivelyovaRUSRUS18.41m4.X18.41X
5. Svetla Mitkova-SinirtasBULBUL18.07m8.17.6018.0718.04
6. Tressa ThompsonUSAUSA18.07m9.16.3718.07X
7. Krystyna Danilczyk-ZabawskaPOLPOL18.05m10.XX18.05
8. Meisu LiCHNCHN17.99m11.17.72X17.99
9. Judy OakesGBRGBR17.84m14.17.78X17.84
10.Anna RomanovaRUSRUS17.79m17.17.7917.79X
11.Yanina KorolchikBLRBLR17.75m18.17.4417.4217.75
12.Eleni TsentemeidouGREGRE16.62m22.16.62XX
13.Nada KawarJORJOR15.76m24.15.7615.4515.14
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