Women Discus Throw Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton, Canada - Saturday 11.08

Women Discus Throw Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton, Canada - Saturday 11.08 - Gold Medal: Ellina Zvereva, Belarus

Final 16:00		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Ellina Zvereva	BLR	67.10m	X	67.10	X	64.70	65.37	X
2. Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	66.24m	55.70	65.34	63.74	X	66.24	65.73
3. Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	65.50m	61.02	65.50	62.70	63.47	62.37	65.14
4. Franka Dietzsch	GER	65.38m	63.62	X	63.12	X	64.60	65.38
5. Seilala Sua	USA	63.74m	63.74	X	X	X	X	X
6. Vera Pospisilova	CZE	61.47m	60.72	59.46	X	60.60	61.47	X
7. Kristin Kuehl	USA	61.04m	56.91	61.04	X	59.81	X	59.79
8. Anja Mollenbeck	GER	60.49m	60.49	X	X
9. Irina Yatchenko	BLR	59.45m	57.64	57.12	59.45
10.Qiumei Li	CHN	57.81m	57.81	X	57.02
11.Vladimira Rackova	CZE	56.43m	X	56.43	X
-. Natalya Sadova	RUS	DQ 68.57m	65.24	66.87	66.36	68.57	67.80	67.18

Women Discus Throw - History

Eleven years after becoming World Junior Champion in USSR colours, Sadova apparently became senior champion for the first time in her fourth World Championship final. Olympic Champion Zvereva, set the pace with a 65.78 qualifier then 67.10 in round 2 of the final. That held first place until the penultimate throw of the fourth round, when Sadova spun her implement out to 68.57, the world’s longest throw of 2001. In the fifth round, Grasu overtook Kelesídou for the bronze.
Unfortunately, the winner failed a doping test for caffeine. The Russian Federation exonerated her and the case was to be referred to the Court of Aribtration for Sport, then in December 2002 the penalty was accepted by all parties. Zvereva, at 40 years 268 days old, therefore became the oldest ever World Champion or medallist.

Qualification - Thursday 09.08

Mark 63.00m 4+8 Athletes

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Group A 18:20		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Natalya Sadova	RUS	64.43m	61.85	64.43
2. Franka Dietzsch	GER	63.15m	59.75	58.71	63.15
3. Seilala Sua	USA	62.54m	62.54	56.16	55.23
4. Vera Pospisilova	CZE	62.27m	62.27	58.43	X
5. Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	62.26m	62.12	62.26	61.47
6. Qiumei Li	CHN	61.90m	61.90	60.24	X
7. Irina Yatchenko	BLR	60.67m	60.67	58.31	56.39
8. Joanna Wisniewska	POL	58.53m	58.53	58.05	X
9. Suzanne Powell	USA	58.19m	57.81	57.49	58.19
10. Alison Lever	AUS	54.31m	54.31	53.54	X
11.Tina McDonald	CAN	46.98m	46.98	X	X

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Group A 20:15		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Ellina Zvereva	BLR	65.78m	65.78
2. Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	63.37m	59.05	63.37
3. Kristin Kuehl	USA	62.63m	59.82	60.90	62.63
4. Vladimira Rackova	CZE	62.32m	61.29	62.32	59.33
5. Anja Mollenbeck	GER	60.86m	60.86	57.32	57.71
6. Stiliani Tsikouna	GRE	60.32m	58.53	60.32	56.13
7. Ekaterini Voggoli	GRE	59.98m	59.98	X	59.58
8. Teresa Machado	POR	59.74m	59.74	57.62	X
9. Olena Antonova	UKR	58.55m	58.55	X	X
10.Neelam Jaswant Singh	IND	56.52m	56.33	56.52	55.46
11.Melina Robert-Michon	FRA	56.22m	55.25	56.22	X