Women Shot Put Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) - Thursday 07.08

Women Shot Put Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) - Thursday 07.08 - Gold Medal: Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany

Final 18:30		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4	5.	6.
1. Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	20.71m	20.59	20.71	20.52	20.24	X	20.70
2. Vita Pavlysh	UKR	20.66m	X	20.57	X	20.51	20.36	20.66
3. Stephanie Storp	GER	19.22m	19.22	18.84	X	18.67	X	18.92
4. Zhihong Huang	CHN	19.15m	18.63	18.64	18.72	19.15	X	19.07
5. Connie Price-Smith	USA	19.00m	19.00	18.17	18.64	X	18.53	X
6. Meisu Li	CHN	18.62m	17.30	18.62	18.21	18.58	18.10	18.50
7. Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.42m	18.33	18.42	X	17.91	18.22	X
8. Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	17.83m	X	X	17.83	X	17.55	X
9. Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas	BUL	17.75m	17.75	17.51	17.62
10.Svetlana Krivelyova	RUS	17.38m	X	17.08	17.38
11.Valeyta Althouse	USA	16.92m	16.92	X	16.78
12.Tressa Thompson	USA	16.48m	X	16.48	X

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 A		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Connie Price-Smith	USA	18.35m	5.	18.00	18.35	X
2. Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.26m	6.	16.89	17.87	18.26
3. Stephanie Storp	GER	18.12m	7.	18.12	X	X
4. Valeyta Althouse	USA	17.89m	12.	17.89	17.03	17.36
5. Mara Rosolen	ITA	17.87m	13.	16.49	16.84	17.87
6. Liuhong Zhang	CHN	17.82m	15.	17.82	17.68	17.67
7. Irina Korzhanenko	RUS	17.80m	16.	X	X	17.80
8. Elisangela Adriano	BRA	17.71m	19.	X	17.38	17.71
9. Valentina Fedyushina	UKR	17.31m	20.	17.31	X	17.19
10.Laurence Manfredi	FRA	17.02m	21.	X	16.92	17.02
11.Myung-Sun Lee	KOR	16.39m	23.	16.38	16.39	X
-. Kalliopi Ouzouni	GRE	NM		X	X	X

Group B		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	20.69m	1.	20.69
2. Vita Pavlysh	UKR	20.48m	2.	20.48
3. Zhihong Huang	CHN	19.05m	3.	19.05
4. Svetlana Krivelyova	RUS	18.41m	4.	X	18.41	X
5. Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas	BUL	18.07m	8.	17.60	18.07	18.04
6. Tressa Thompson	USA	18.07m	9.	16.37	18.07	X
7. Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	18.05m	10.	X	X	18.05
8. Meisu Li	CHN	17.99m	11.	17.72	X	17.99
9. Judy Oakes	GBR	17.84m	14.	17.78	X	17.84
10.Anna Romanova	RUS	17.79m	17.	17.79	17.79	X
11.Yanina Korolchik	BLR	17.75m	18.	17.44	17.42	17.75
12.Eleni Tsentemeidou	GRE	16.62m	22.	16.62	X	X
13.Nada Kawar	JOR	15.76m	24.	15.76	15.45	15.14