Women Hammer World Championship 2003 Paris, France - Thursday 28.08

Women Hammer World Championship 2003 Paris, France - Thursday 28.08 - Gold Medal: Yipsi Moreno, Cuba

Final 20:45	Team	Dist.	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Yipsi Moreno	CUB	73.33m	71.02	73.33	72.52	69.84	64.98	X
2. Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	71.71m	68.71	71.14	X	71.71	70.73	65.86
3. Manuela Montebrun	FRA	70.92m	69.38	68.61	68.37	70.92	69.64	X
4. Yuan Gu	CHN	70.77m	68.68	69.66	70.77	X	X	66.13
5. Susanne Keil	GER	69.43m	69.43	X	69.17	X	68.38	67.41
6. Mihaela Melinte	ROU	68.69m	68.04	68.69	X	68.03	X	X
7. Anna Mahon	USA	68.45m	66.48	65.42	68.45	64.55	68.30	67.34
8. Kamila Skolimowska	POL	68.39m	66.05	68.39	X	65.83	X	65.85
9. Candice Scott	TRI	67.73m	66.75	66.80	67.73
10.Lorraine Shaw	GBR	65.95m	65.66	65.95	63.92
11.Betty Heidler	GER	65.81m	65.81	64.20	X
-.Melissa Price	USA	DQ	X	X	62.34

Women Hammer Throw - History

Moreno became the only athlete to retain a throws title from Edmonton, though she needed three attempts just to qualify for the final. Once there, the 22 year-old Cuban took an immediate lead at 71.02, then went on to dominate the contest with throws of 73.33 and 72.52. Kuzenkova scored a third successive silver. The crowd were greatly relieved that Montebrun moved from fifth to third in round four. Less satisfied was Gu, who became the first woman to throw 70m and not win a medal.

Qualification - Tuesday 26.08

mark 68.50m 3+9 Athletes

Group A 10.05h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Manuela Montebrun	FRA	71.36m	71.36
2. Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	69.53m	X	67.89	69.53
3. Candice Scott	TRI	67.27m	67.27	65.86	63.10
4. Kamila Skolimowska	POL	66.38m	66.38	66.01	X
5. Susanne Keil	GER	66.30m	61.56	66.30	61.10
6. Melissa Price	USA	66.13m	66.13	X	X
7. Yuan Gu	CHN	66.02m	61.14	64.03	66.02
8. Brooke Krueger	AUS	64.84m	63.97	64.84	X
9. Yunaika Crawford	CUB	64.59m	59.59	X	64.59
10.Wei Zhao	CHN	63.85m	60.50	63.85	61.91
11.Vania Silva	POR	63.82m	62.75	X	63.82
12.Clarissa Claretti	ITA	62.19m	X	58.99	62.19
13.Dawn Ellerbe	USA	61.66m	61.66	56.00	60.19
14.Evdokia Tsamoglou	GRE	61.44m	X	X	61.44
15.Alla Davydova	RUS	61.43m	60.93	60.84	61.43
16.Cecilia Nilsson	SWE	61.14m	X	60.09	61.14
17.Masumi Aya	JPN	60.78m	60.51	X	60.78
18.Aldenay Vasallo	CUB	58.96m	58.96	58.71	58.43
19.Berta Castells	ESP	58.13m	57.64	58.13	X
-.Sanja Gavrilovic	CRO	NM	X	X	X
-. Olga Tsander	BLR	NM	X	X	X
-. Andrea Bunjes	GER	NM	X	X	X

Group B 12.00h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Yipsi Moreno	CUB	70.91m	66.78	67.20	70.91
2. Betty Heidler	GER	67.46m	67.46	X	X
3. Mihaela Melinte	ROU	67.27m	67.23	65.39	67.27
4. Anna Mahon	USA	67.25m	66.83	66.16	67.25
5. Lorraine Shaw	GBR	66.10m	66.10	63.53	64.60
6. Svetlana Sudak	BLR	65.29m	65.29	61.92	X
7. Wenxiu Zhang	CHN	65.09m	65.09	X	X
8. Sini Poyry	FIN	65.01m	60.49	65.00	65.01
9. Bronwyn Eagles	AUS	64.97m	64.82	64.97	61.25
10.Ester Balassini	ITA	64.77m	64.04	64.77	60.57
11.Alexandra Papayeoryiou	GRE	64.72m	64.72	59.94	X
12.Marwa Hussein	EGY	64.53m	64.53	63.92	64.21
13.Lisa Misipeka	ASA	64.42m	63.10	61.49	64.42
14.Oksana Menkova	BLR	64.11m	X	64.11	61.60
15.Yelena Konevtseva	RUS	63.00m	63.00	59.40	62.88
16.Katalin Divos	HUN	62.58m	X	59.60	62.58
17.Florence Ezeh	FRA	62.12m	62.12	57.41	61.73
18.Iryna Sekachova	UKR	61.23m	X	61.23	56.91
19.Ivana Brkljacic	CRO	60.06m	56.16	60.06	X
20.Lucie Vrbenska	CZE	57.73m	X	56.69	57.73
21.Elena Teloni	CYP	55.20m	55.20	X	52.83
22.Siniva Marsters	COK	41.54m	X	41.54	39.60