Women Discus World Championship 2003 Paris, France - Monday 25.08

Women Discus World Championship 2003 Paris, France - Monday 25.08 - Gold Medal: Irina Yatchenko, Belarus

Final 20:35		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Irina Yatchenko	BLR	67.32m	67.32	62.57	66.12	X	X	X
2. Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	67.14m	65.76	63.93	67.13	65.18	X	67.14
3. Ekaterini Voggoli	GRE	66.73m	X	63.39	66.04	66.73	64.75	65.64
4. Olena Antonova	UKR	65.90m	64.51	60.56	X	60.70	65.90	61.72
5. Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova	CZE	65.55m	62.04	61.12	63.23	64.01	65.55	61.96
6. Natalya Sadova	RUS	65.22m	65.22	X	X	63.94	65.07	X
7. Aimin Song	CHN	63.84m	59.71	62.08	63.84	63.20	X	57.53
8. Anna Soderberg	SWE	61.61m	59.81	56.73	61.61	59.32	X	X
9. Suzanne Powell	USA	59.86m	58.38	59.86	X
10.Teresa Machado	POR	59.46m	X	57.86	59.46
11.Melina Robert-Michon	FRA	58.52m	58.52	52.99	54.84
12.Neelam Jaswant Singh	IND	57.92m	X	54.42	57.92
13.Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	56.86m	54.68	X	56.86

Women Discus Throw - History

At 37 years 298 days, Irina Yatchenko became the oldest female World Champion apart from her compatriot Zvereva. She did so with her first throw of 67.32 which remained the longest of the day though Kelesídou came close with 67.13 in the third then 67.14 in the sixth. Greece won the other medal thanks to Vóggoli, who threw a personal best of 66.73 in the fourth round. “I liked the circle a lot,” said the winner, “as I prefer the surface hard and slow.” At this point, Belarus had won all of the three throws finals staged so far in Paris.

Qualification - Saturday 23.08

Mark 60.00m 11+1 Athletes. Anna Soderberg (SWE) added for some reason.

Group A 16:10		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Aimin Song	CHN	62.20m	4.	62.20
2. Olena Antonova	UKR	62.14m	5.	62.14
3. Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova	CZE	60.64m	9.	60.64
4. Melina Robert-Michon	FRA	60.47m	10.	58.97	60.47
5. Franka Dietzsch	GER	59.77m	13.	X	22.13	59.77
6. Stiliani Tsikouna	GRE	59.39m	15.	59.39	X	57.09
7. Kristin Kuehl	USA	58.07m	16.	58.07	X	X
8. Marzena Wysocka	POL	57.80m	17.	X	57.80	53.98
9. Elisangela Adriano	BRA	57.69m	18.	45.62	53.81	57.69
10.Aretha Hill	USA	50.79m	20.	X	X	50.79

Group B 17:55		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Natalya Sadova	RUS	63.47m	1.	63.47
2. Ekaterini Voggoli	GRE	63.13m	2.	63.13
3. Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	63.12m	3.	63.12
4. Suzanne Powell	USA	61.83m	6.	X	59.94	61.83
5. Irina Yatchenko	BLR	61.79m	7.	61.79
6. Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	61.23m	8.	61.23
7. Neelam Jaswant Singh	IND	60.33m	11.	57.70	59.48	60.33
8. Teresa Machado	POR	59.87m	12.	59.87	X	57.01
9. Anna Soderberg	SWE	59.66m	14.	55.06	56.95	59.66
10.Shelley Newman	GBR	57.65m	19.	53.75	54.00	57.65