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2003 9th IAAF World Championships - Paris - Women's Discus Throw

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Category: 2003 World Championships in Athletics Paris, France
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Host City: Saint-Denis, Paris, France Format: Qualifying round (60.00 or top 12 to final) (Aug 23)
Dates: 23 August – 31 August
Nations participating: 198
Athletes participating: 1679
    Main venue: Stade de France
Overview by IAAF   Paris Saint Denis stadium 
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 winDOHA 2019  PAST RESULTS/WORLD CHAMPS WOMEN’S DT 339 ner, “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
 These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.
 
  Discus Throw 25 August
  Final

Women Discus Throw Final

It was Belarussia's night at the Stade de France, as Irina YATCHENKO joined her teammate Ivan Tikhon, gold medallist in the men's Hammer, on the winner's podium.
 
The 37-year-old, who won bronze at the Sydney Olympics, and was competing at her sixth World Championships, finally found success with a winning throw in the first round. Her Discus sailed out to a season's best 67.32m.
 
"My first throw today has been my best one for years. It was only one metre under my personal best," she said.
 
She led the entire competition, the only threat coming in the final round from Anastasia KELESIDOU (GRE), who won silver.
 
Always one step behind the Belarussian, Kelisidou recorded a mighty final throw of 67.14m, also a season's best, but fell short by 18cm.
 
Greek's national champion, Ekterini VOGGOLI, took the bronze medal, recording two personal bests to finish with a distance of 66.73m, nearly a two metre improvement on her previous best.
 
Ukraine's Olena ANTONOVA (65.90m), Czech Republic's Vera POSPISILOVA (65.55m) and Russia's reigning World Champion Natalya SADOVA (65.22m) all followed closely behind to finish fourth, fifth and sixth repectively. Sadova was under pressure on her last attempt, but fouled for a third time to lose all hope of defending her title.
1 Iryna Yatchenko BLR 31 Oct 65 67.32
2 Anastasía Kelesídou GRE 28 Nov 72 67.14
3 Ekateríni Vóggoli GRE 30 Oct 70 66.73
4 Olena Antonova UKR 16 Jun 72 65.90
5 Věra Cechlová CZE 19 Nov 78 65.55
6 Natalya Sadova RUS 15 Jul 72 65.22
7 Song Aimin CHN 15 Mar 78 63.84
8 Anna Söderberg SWE 11 Jun 73 61.61
9 Suzy Powell USA 3 Sep 76 59.86
10 Teresa Machado POR 22 Jul 69 59.46
11 Mélina Robert-Michon FRA 18 Jul 79 58.52
12 Neelam Jaswant Singh IND 8 Jan 71 57.92
13 Beatrice Faumuina NZL 23 Oct 74 56.86
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
  Qualification 23 August

Women Discus Throw Qualifying

The women's Discus qualifying round resembled a training session this evening as eleven competitors eased into the final by throwing over 60.00 metres to automatically qualify for Monday's Final.

Defending World champion Natalya Sadova (RUS) showed she won't be giving up her title easily, with an opening throw of 63.47m to go into the Final as the number one qualifier and clear cut favourite.

In front of a partisan crowd, it was a dream start for the youngest in the field, French record holder Melina Robert-Michon, throwing 60.47m to qualify on her second attempt.

China's only discus thrower, Aimin Song, in career best form, breezed into the Final with an effortless first attempt of 62.20m.

The second-best thrower this year, Vera Pospisilova (CZE) did just enough to cement her finals spot, throwing 60,64 metres, also with her first attempt.

In a shock elimination, Germany's national champion, Franka Dietsch, who, after fouling the first attempt, bungled the second with 22.13m and under pressure on her final throw, recorded 59.77.

The batle for the twelth and final spot in the Final came down to a nail biting wait for the conclusion of the Group B qualifiers, which saw Dietsch edged out of the competition by Portugal's Teresa Machado by just 10 centimetres.
  Group A
1 Song Aimin CHN 15 Mar 78 62.20 Q
2 Olena Antonova UKR 16 Jun 72 62.14 Q
3 Věra Cechlová CZE 19 Nov 78 60.64 Q
4 Mélina Robert-Michon FRA 18 Jul 79 60.47 Q
5 Franka Dietzsch GER 22 Jan 68 59.77
6 Stilianí Tsikoúna GRE 19 Oct 72 59.39
7 Kris Kuehl USA 30 Jul 70 58.07
8 Marzena Wysocka POL 17 Feb 69 57.80
9 Elisângela Adriano BRA 27 Jul 72 57.69
10 Aretha Thurmond USA 14 Aug 76 50.79
  Group B
1 Natalya Sadova RUS 15 Jul 72 63.47 Q
2 Ekateríni Vóggoli GRE 30 Oct 70 63.13 Q
3 Beatrice Faumuina NZL 23 Oct 74 63.12 Q
4 Suzy Powell USA 3 Sep 76 61.83 Q
5 Iryna Yatchenko BLR 31 Oct 65 61.79 Q
6 Anastasía Kelesídou GRE 28 Nov 72 61.23 Q
7 Neelam Jaswant Singh IND 8 Jan 71 60.33 Q
8 Teresa Machado POR 22 Jul 69 59.87 q
9 Anna Söderberg SWE 11 Jun 73 59.66
10 Shelley Newman GBR 8 Aug 73 57.65
 
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
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Group A 23 AUG 2003 16:10 

Order / LaneBibATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 2003
1 426 Franka Dietzsch GER GER 69.51 66.00
2 1142 Kristin Kuehl USA USA 65.34 60.09
3 257 Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová CZE CZE 67.71 67.71
4 845 Marzena Wysocka POL POL 63.60 63.60
5 374 Mélina Robert-Michon FRA FRA 65.78 64.27
6 175 Aimin Song CHN CHN 65.33 65.33
7 490 Stilianí Tsikoúna GRE GRE 65.13 64.14
8 1136 Aretha Thurmond USA USA 65.62 64.71
9 123 Elisângela Adriano BRA BRA 61.96 60.02
10 1084 Olena Antonova UKR UKR 66.67 65.15

Group B 23 AUG 2003 17:55 

Order / LaneBibATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 2003
1 481 Anastasía Kelesídou GRE GRE 67.70 63.87
2 948 Natalya Sadova RUS RUS 70.02 69.38
3 405 Shelley Newman GBR GBR 61.22 61.22
4 539 Neelam Jaswant Singh IND IND 64.55 58.95
5 117 Iryna Yatchenko BLR BLR 68.94 66.57
6 805 Beatrice Faumuina NZL NZL 68.52 65.53
7 1153 Suzanne Powell Roos USA USA 65.48 65.38
8 1035 Anna Söderberg SWE SWE 64.54 61.15
9 495 Ekateríni Vóggoli GRE GRE 65.01 65.01
10 850 Teresa Machado POR POR 65.40 63.65
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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