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2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

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Winning distance
  
20.88 m (68 ft 6 in)

Competitors
  
29 from 21 nations

2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Dates
  
11 August (qualification)12 August (final)

The women's shot put at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–12 August.

Contents

Over the previous 6 years, Valerie Adams had been virtually unbeatable by any legal thrower. This year was more of the same. From the home of the world record (more than 26 years earlier), she took the lead on her first toss at a distance only one other competitor would equal in the competition. Michelle Carter moved into second place with her first round 19.92, while she improved it slightly in the second round, Gong Lijiao threw one centimeter better. Meanwhile, Adams improved on her second and third attempts, reaching 20.88. m. That would be the competition until the final round, when Christina Schwanitz pulled out at 21 cm personal best improvement to rocket from fifth place into second.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows (in m.):

Schedule

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Final

The final was held at 20:25.

References

2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put Wikipedia


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