Women Discus Throw Athletics X World Championship 2005 Helsinki (FIN) - Thursday 11.08

Women Discus Throw Athletics X World Championship 2005 Helsinki (FIN) - Thursday 11.08 - Franka Dietzsch, Germany

Final 20:00h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3	4	5	6	Q
1. Franka Dietzsch	GER	66.56m	64.89	64.08	64.36	66.56	65.29	-	63.53m
2. Natalya Sadova	RUS	64.33m	64.33	60.63	61.28	62.31	62.68	61.59	63.65m
3. Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova	CZE	63.19m	60.76	63.00	X	X	63.19	X	64.26m
4. Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	62.73m	62.73	X	57.70	61.01	60.94	57.42	59.81m
5. Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	62.05m	55.75	X	62.05	X	X	61.49	62.06m
6. Shuli Ma	CHN	61.33m	59.21	58.38	61.33	58.15	58.22	59.36	59.43m
7. Dragana Tomasevic	SCG	60.56m	60.56	X	X	X	56.26	56.30	62.02m
8. Olena Antonova	UKR	59.37m	59.37	59.08	57.71	56.35	X	56.19	61.05m
9. Natalya Fokina	UKR	58.44m	58.44	57.20	55.09				59.30m
10.Aimin Song	CHN	57.90m	55.98	57.90	X				64.15m
11.Anna Soderberg	SWE	&57.41m	X	57.41	X				59.94m
12.Joanna Wisniewska	POL	&57.06m	57.06	55.64	X				59.66m

Sadova and Dietzsch had both lost just twice in 2005, with Olympic Champion Sadova favoured to win in Helsinki. Cechlová and Song led the qualifiers. The final actually began on August 9 but was abandoned after two throws because of the terrible weather and then postponed for two days. Both Faumuina (62.73) and Sadova (64.33) produced their best throws in the opening round, but it was Dietzsch who achieved the best initial throw with 64.89. Cechlová moved into third in round two with 63.00 before cementing her position in with 63.19 in the fifth.
Only Dietzsch was able to get beyond 64m after the first round, and she did so in the wet conditions with all of her throws, enabling her to pass her last round. Dietzsch was competing in her eighth championships; she won in 1999 but had otherwise not been on the podium. Her unrestrained joy in winning was reminiscent of Helena Fibingerová’s shot win in 1983, as she hugged as many officials as possible.

Qualification - Sunday 07.08

mark 61.00m

Stand.A 62.00m Stand.B 60.00m

Group A 11:30h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova	CZE	64.26m	64.26
2. Aimin Song	CHN	64.15m	64.15
3. Dragana Tomasevic	SCG	62.02m	62.02
4. Olena Antonova	UKR	61.05m	58.28	60.01	61.05
5. Joanna Wisniewska	POL	59.66m	59.28	59.66	58.47
6. Elizna Naude	RSA	58.93m	56.19	X	58.93
7. Oksana Yesipchuk	RUS	58.32m	X	57.71	58.32
8. Marzena Wysocka	POL	57.44m	X	57.44	X
9. Neelam Jaswant Singh	IND	56.70m	56.70	X	53.07
10.Tereapii Tapoki	COK	50.92m	X	49.22	50.92
11.Aretha Thurmond	USA	47.15m	45.43	47.15	41.88

Group B 12:40h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Natalya Sadova	RUS	63.65m	63.65
2. Franka Dietzsch	GER	63.53m	63.53
3. Nicoleta Grasu	ROM	62.06m	62.06
4. Anna Soderberg	SWE	59.94m	56.50	56.70	59.94
5. Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	59.81m	59.81	57.36	X
6. Shuli Ma	CHN	59.43m	59.43	58.07	59.13
7. Natalya Fokina	UKR	59.30m	57.63	58.65	59.30
8. Yania Ferrales	CUB	58.38m	58.38	57.86	X
9. Seilala Sua	USA	57.68m	X	X	57.68
10.Becky Breisch	USA	57.16m	X	57.16	X
11.Wioletta Potepa	POL	56.31m	56.31	X	X

Startlist

Athlete	Team	gr	N	2005	Best
Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova	CZE	A	2	66.81m	67.71m
Natalya Sadova	RUS	B	11	66.29m	70.02m
Franka Dietzsch	GER	B	1	66.29m	69.51m
Olena Antonova	UKR	A	5	65.89m	67.30m
Aimin Song	CHN	A	6	65.23m	65.33m
Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	B	4	65.09m	68.52m
Nicoleta Grasu	ROM	B	8	64.89m	68.80m
Marzena Wysocka	POL	A	4	64.57m	64.57m
Aretha Thurmond	USA	A	10	64.56m	65.86m
Yania Ferrales	CUB	B	9	64.52m	64.52m
Wioletta Potepa	POL	B	2	63.67m	63.67m
Becky Breisch	USA	B	6	63.53m	63.53m
Elizna Naude	RSA	A	3	63.17m	63.17m
Joanna Wisniewska	POL	A	1	62.50m	63.97m
Shuli Ma	CHN	B	5	62.50m	62.50m
Dragana Tomasevic	SCG	A	9	62.43m	62.43m
Oksana Yesipchuk	RUS	A	11	62.18m	63.68m

Athlete	Team	gr	N	2005	Best
Seilala Sua	USA	B	3	61.82m	65.90m
Anna Soderberg	SWE	B	10	61.26m	64.54m
Natalya Fokina	UKR	B	7	61.10m	63.11m
Neelam Jaswant Singh	IND	A	7	60.65m	64.55m