Women Hammer Throw Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton, Canada - Tuesday 07.08

Women Hammer Throw Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton, Canada - Tuesday 07.08 - Gold Medal: Yipsi Moreno, Cuba

Final 20:05		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Yipsi Moreno	CUB	70.65m	69.55	69.34	70.65	61.45	68.84	66.95
2. Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	70.61m	70.61	69.94	X	X	X	69.78
3. Bronwyn Eagles	AUS	68.87m	67.62	68.87	64.64	63.81	68.17	67.43
4. Kamila Skolimowska	POL	68.05m	67.74	67.88	67.07	68.05	67.93	68.02
5. Manuela Montebrun	FRA	67.78m	67.78	66.82	X	X	67.74	X
6. Lorraine Shaw	GBR	65.89m	64.04	65.89	63.68	63.66	64.95	62.38
7. Florence Ezeh	FRA	65.88m	63.66	65.30	64.93	65.88	65.76	64.66
8. Ivana Brkljacic	CRO	65.43m	65.43	X	X	X	62.94	X
9. Kirsten Munchow	GER	64.39m	62.51	X	64.39
10.Olga Tsander	BLR	64.10m	X	64.10	X
11.Wenxiu Zhang	CHN	61.61m	61.61	60.15	60.70
12.Melissa Price	USA	61.57m	61.57	60.58	59.51

Women Hammer Throw - History

Kuzenkova was the favourite and started well with 70.43 in qualifying then 70.61 in the first round of the final. She followed up with a 69.94, but she had no response when Moreno flung her hammer out to 70.65 in third round. In the meantime, Eagles had filled third place at 68.87.
Observers raved about Moreno’s technique. The 20 year-old Cuban prepared before each throw by making four circles with her right index finger. In rounds 3, 4 and 5 Kuzenkova fouled and there were no changes in the medal positions. After her and the competition’s final throw of 66.95, Moreno rushed toward the track to celebrate but was restrained from doing so as the women’s 10,000m had reached its closing stages.

Qualification - Monday 06.08

mark 67.00m 4+10 Athletes

Group A 13.00h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	70.43m	70.43
2. Manuela Montebrun	FRA	67.92m	67.92
3. Kirsten Munchow	GER	65.69m	65.69	X	63.77
4. Melissa Price	USA	65.65m	65.65	62.54	X
5. Ivana Brkljacic	CRO	65.01m	63.47	63.79	65.01
6. Wenxiu Zhang	CHN	64.52m	64.52	X	61.05
7. Anna Norgren	USA	63.74m	X	63.26	63.74
8. Agnieszka Pogroszewska	POL	63.59m	X	63.59	X
9. Lyudmila Gubkina	BLR	63.58m	61.63	63.58	X
10.Evdokia Tsamoglou	GRE	61.97m	61.50	60.00	61.97
11.Martina Danisova	SVK	61.26m	57.25	60.79	61.26
12.Mia Strommer	FIN	61.04m	60.52	X	61.04
13.Lucie Vrbenska	CZE	60.01m	X	56.76	60.01
14.Karyne Perkins-Dimarco	AUS	59.80m	59.42	X	59.80
15.Masumi Aya	JPN	58.84m	58.84	56.89	58.70
16.Marwa Hussein	EGY	58.41m	54.50	58.41	X
-. Ester Balassini	ITA	NM	X	X	X

Group B 14.50h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Bronwyn Eagles	AUS	68.35m	68.35
2. Kamila Skolimowska	POL	67.43m	67.43
3. Yipsi Moreno	CUB	66.60m	65.01	X	66.60
4. Florence Ezeh	FRA	65.71m	65.71	61.92	65.57
5. Olga Tsander	BLR	65.18m	65.18	62.24	X
6. Lorraine Shaw	GBR	64.37m	64.37	X	63.61
7. Dawn Ellerbe	USA	64.34m	64.34	63.66	61.62
8. Susanne Keil	GER	64.06m	64.06	X	X
9. Tasha Williams	NZL	63.83m	62.09	63.79	63.83
10.Sini Poyry	FIN	63.76m	61.59	63.76	X
11.Lisa Misipeka	ASA	63.34m	X	63.34	60.73
12.Cecilia Nilsson	SWE	61.53m	61.07	61.53	59.63
13.Caroline Wittrin	CAN	59.30m	59.30	X	X
14.Vania Silva	POR	58.91m	58.50	58.85	58.91
15.Nancy Guillen	ESA	57.96m	X	57.96	X
16.Karina Moya	ARG	57.01m	X	56.77	57.01
17.Marketa Hajdu	CZE	55.77m	53.09	55.77	X