Women Javelin Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla, Spain - Saturday 28.08 - Gold Medal: Mirela Manjani-Tzelili, Greece

Women Javelin Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla, Spain - Saturday 28.08 - Gold Medal: Mirela Manjani-Tzelili, Greece

Final		Distance	1	2	3	4	5	6
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.

Qualification Thursday 26.08

Group A 18.45h		Distance	1	2	3
1. Trine Solberg-Hattestad	NOR	62.67m	62.67
2. Osleidys Menendez	CUB	62.07m	62.07
3. Tatyana Shikolenko	RUS	61.78m	61.78
4. Sonia Bicet Poll	CUB	61.63m	61.63
5. Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	61.50m	58.86	59.35	61.50
6. Jianhua Wei	CHN	61.39m	61.39
7. Louise McPaul-Currey	AUS	60.83m	60.83	59.62	56.51
8. Karen Forkel	GER	60.40m	55.66	60.40	59.04
9. Felicia Tilea-Moldovan	ROM	60.11m	60.11	X	57.78
10.Genowefa Patla	POL	59.50m	55.17	59.50	56.27
11.Rita Ramanauskaite	LTU	58.60m	57.25	58.60	X
12.Steffi Nerius	GER	58.43m	58.43	57.07	57.05
13.Evfemija Storga	SLO	53.54m	X	53.26	53.54
14.Gurmeet Kaur Rai	IND	51.97m	51.97	51.76	47.90
15.Sabina Moya	COL	47.27m	X	47.27	44.27

Group B 20.40h		Distance	1	2	3
1. Oksana Ovchinnikova-Makarova	RUS	63.83m	63.83
2. Mirela Manjani-Tzelili	GRE	61.45m	61.45
3. Taina Uppa	FIN	60.51m	60.51	59.02	60.47
4. Ana Mirela Termure	ROU	58.52m	58.52	X	56.01
5. Lili Liang	CHN	58.43m	49.41	58.43	55.96
6. Laverne Eve	BAH	57.97m	55.22	55.79	57.97
7. Xiomara Rivero	CUB	57.48m	X	X	57.48
8. Nadine Schoellkopf-Auzeil	FRA	57.33m	54.62	55.92	57.33
9. Nikola Tomeckova	CZE	56.88m	54.55	X	56.88
10.Ewa Rybak	POL	56.41m	55.12	56.41	56.14
11.Khristina Georgieva	BUL	55.79m	55.79	54.90	54.57
12.Linda Bluetrich	USA	52.31m	50.26	52.31	52.17
13.Young-Sun Lee	KOR	51.36m	50.33	51.36	51.31
-. Maka Obolashvili	GEO	NM	X	X	-
-. Tanja Damaske	GER	NM	-	-	-