2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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The women's discus throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 19 and August 21.

Reigning Olympic champion Stephanie Brown Trafton was the favourite for the gold. She had set a career best and had the four longest throws of any athlete that season, although she had not competed since late June. Franka Dietzsch was another prominent performer: the 41-year-old was the defending champion and was making her 10th appearance of the tournament, but a weak season had underlined her waning powers. Cuban Yarelis Barrios looked set to build upon her World and Olympic silver medals from the last two years and Aimin Song had also performed well during the season. Veteran athletes Nicoleta Grasu and Natalya Sadova were also favoured to be among the top performers of the competition.[1]

Chinese athletes led the qualification rounds with Ma Xuejun and Song topping their respective groups. Newcomers Żaneta Glanc and Dani Samuels rounded out the top four qualifiers. Dietzsch sole legal throw of the competition was not enough for qualification, leaving Nadine Müller as the only host competitor to make the final. Brown Trafton edged into the final, needed all three throws to take a best non-qualifier's position.[2]

In the final, Grasu and Barrios quickly established themselves with marks of 65.20 m and 64.44 m, respectively, in the first two throws. Samuels, Glanc and Müller proved themselves on their third attempts, each throwing over 62 metres. Brown Trafton and Ma Xuejun both threw poorly and were among the four athletes eliminated after three throws. Personal bests of 64.76 and 65.44 m in the fourth and fifth round put Samuels in the lead. On the final throws, Song threw only enough to move up to fifth place, leader Grasu fouled but Barrios responded, although her mark of 65.31 m guaranteed her only second place.[3]

Samuels was a surprise winner: at 19 years old, she was the youngest ever World discus champion,[4] and she had progressed from Youth champion, to Junior winner, to the senior title in just four years. Barrios had matched her silver medal achievement at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and Grasu's bronze was her fourth medal in her career at the World Championships.[3]

Medalists

GoldAustralia Dani Samuels (AUS)
SilverCuba Yarelis Barrios (CUB)
BronzeRomania Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)

Records

World record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Championship record  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 71.62 Rome, Italy 31 August 1987
World leading  Stephanie Brown Trafton (USA) 66.21 San Mateo, United States 24 May 2009
African record  Elizna Naudé (RSA) 64.87 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2 March 2003
Asian record  Xiao Yanling (CHN) 71.68 Beijing, China 14 March 1992
North American record  Hilda Ramos (CUB) 70.88 Havana, Cuba 8 May 1992
South American record  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 61.96 São Leopoldo, Brazil 21 May 1998
European record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Oceanian record  Daniela Costian (AUS) 68.72 Auckland, New Zealand 22 January 1994

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
62.00 m 58.50 m

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 19, 2009 10:10 Qualification
August 21, 2009 20:20 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Ma Xuejun  China 63.38 63.38 Q, SB
2 B Song Aimin  China x 62.80 62.80 Q
3 B Dani Samuels  Australia 62.67 62.67 Q
4 B Żaneta Glanc  Poland 49.79 62.43 62.43 Q
5 A Yarelis Barrios  Cuba x x 62.19 62.19 Q
6 A Sandra Perkovic  Croatia 61.02 x 62.16 62.16 Q
7 B Natalya Sadova  Russia 61.94 61.94 Q
8 A Nicoleta Grasu  Romania 60.25 61.78 61.78 Q
9 A Nadine Müller  Germany 61.63 61.63 Q
10 B Mélina Robert-Michon  France 58.36 61.53 61.53 Q
11 A Stephanie Brown Trafton  United States 60.15 57.44 61.23 61.23 q
12 B Aretha Thurmond  United States 60.09 59.09 61.08 61.08 q
13 B Xu Shaoyang  China 59.67 61.02 57.96 61.02 SB
14 B Yarisley Collado  Cuba 59.56 59.23 60.37 60.37
15 B Seema Antil  India 59.85 x x 59.85 SB
16 A Elizna Naudé  South Africa 59.46 59.46 59.67 59.67 SB
17 A Wioletta Potępa  Poland x 59.54 x 59.54
18 B Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová  Czech Republic 57.87 58.37 59.52 59.52
19 A Dragana Tomašević  Serbia 58.32 59.30 59.38 59.38
20 A Svetlana Ivanova-Saykina  Russia 59.31 x 58.45 59.31
21 B Joanna Wiśniewska  Poland x 58.85 x 58.85
22 A Becky Breisch  United States 58.50 x 58.08 58.50
23 B Franka Dietzsch  Germany x x 58.44 58.44
24 B Vera Begić  Croatia 54.63 x 58.25 58.25
25 A Yania Ferrales  Cuba 57.71 55.84 58.24 58.24
26 B Anna Söderberg  Sweden 56.38 57.92 x 57.92
27 A Kateryna Karsak  Ukraine 56.79 x x 56.79
28 A Krishna Poonia  India x x 56.75 56.75
29 A Elisângela Adriano  Brazil 54.99 52.00 55.75 55.75
30 B Rocío Comba  Argentina 52.62 54.69 x 54.69
31 B Zinaida Sendriute  Lithuania 52.85 54.55 x 54.55
32 A Sofia Larsson  Sweden 51.87 x 54.28 54.28
33 A Olena Antonova  Ukraine x 54.28 x 54.28
34 B Li Wen-Hua  Chinese Taipei 53.88 49.91 52.49 53.88
35 B Kazai Suzanne Kragbé  Ivory Coast 52.24 53.84 52.79 53.84 NR
36 A Venera Getova  Bulgaria 53.33 x x 53.33
37 B Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands x 45.29 x 45.29 SB
A Ellina Zvereva  Belarus x x x NM
B Iryna Yatchenko  Belarus x x x NM
B Natalya Fokina-Semenova  Ukraine DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st Dani Samuels  Australia x 59.05 62.71 64.76 65.44 x 65.44 PB
2nd Yarelis Barrios  Cuba 64.44 63.87 61.17 x x 65.31 65.31 SB
3rd Nicoleta Grasu  Romania x 65.20 62.38 60.68 63.41 x 65.20 SB
4 Zaneta Glanc  Poland 58.69 59.83 62.66 x 57.71 x 62.66
5 Song Aimin  China 51.69 60.50 61.78 x 61.39 62.42 62.42
6 Nadine Müller  Germany 57.53 57.62 62.04 60.40 x x 62.04
7 Natalya Sadova  Russia 60.70 61.78 59.31 60.44 58.26 61.44 61.78
8 Mélina Robert-Michon  France 59.80 60.92 60.89 x 59.90 59.69 60.92
9 Sandra Perkovic  Croatia x 60.77 x 60.77
10 Aretha Thurmond  United States x 59.89 59.88 59.89
11 Ma Xuejun  China 58.79 x 58.58 58.79
12 Stephanie Brown Trafton  United States 58.53 x 57.94 58.53

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-09). Women's Discus Throw - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
  2. ↑ Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-19). Event Report - Women's Discus Throw - Qualification. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
  3. 1 2 Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-21). Event Report - Women's Discus Throw - Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
  4. ↑ Dani Samuels - In A Spin. Inside Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
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