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.

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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, needing all three throws to qualify. [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 21 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

Gold Dani Samuels
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Silver Yarelis Barrios
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Bronze Nicoleta Grasu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)

Records

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Gabriele Reinsch  (GDR)76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Championship record Flag of East Germany.svg  Martina Hellmann  (GDR)71.62Rome, Italy31 August 1987
World leadingFlag of the United States.svg  Stephanie Brown Trafton  (USA)66.21 San Mateo, United States24 May 2009
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Elizna Naudé  (RSA)64.87 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2 March 2003
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xiao Yanling  (CHN)71.68 Beijing, China14 March 1992
North American record Flag of Cuba.svg  Hilda Ramos  (CUB)70.88 Havana, Cuba 8 May 1992
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Elisângela Adriano  (BRA)61.96 São Leopoldo, Brazil21 May 1998
European record Flag of East Germany.svg  Gabriele Reinsch  (GDR)76.80Neubrandenburg, East Germany7 July 1988
Oceanian recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Daniela Costian  (AUS)68.72 Auckland, New Zealand22 January 1994

Qualification standards

A standardB standard
62.00 m58.50 m

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 19, 200910:10 Qualification
August 21, 200920:20 Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Ma Xuejun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)63.3863.38Q, SB
2B Song Aimin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)x62.8062.80Q
3B Dani Samuels Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)62.6762.67Q
4B Żaneta Glanc Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)49.7962.4362.43Q
5A Yarelis Barrios Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)xx62.1962.19Q
6A Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)61.02x62.1662.16Q
7B Natalya Sadova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)61.9461.94Q
8A Nicoleta Grasu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)60.2561.7861.78Q
9A Nadine Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)61.6361.63Q
10B Mélina Robert-Michon Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)58.3661.5361.53Q
11A Stephanie Brown Trafton Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)60.1557.4461.2361.23q
12B Aretha Thurmond Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)60.0959.0961.0861.08q
13B Xu Shaoyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)59.6761.0257.9661.02SB
14B Yarisley Collado Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)59.5659.2360.3760.37
15B Seema Antil Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)59.85xx59.85SB
16A Elizna Naudé Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)59.4659.4659.6759.67SB
17A Wioletta Potępa Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)x59.54x59.54
18B Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)57.8758.3759.5259.52
19A Dragana Tomašević Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia  (SRB)58.3259.3059.3859.38
20A Svetlana Ivanova-Saykina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)59.31x58.4559.31
21B Joanna Wiśniewska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)x58.85x58.85
22A Becky Breisch Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)58.50x58.0858.50
23B Franka Dietzsch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xx58.4458.44
24B Vera Begić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)54.63x58.2558.25
25A Yania Ferrales Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)57.7155.8458.2458.24
26B Anna Söderberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)56.3857.92x57.92
27A Kateryna Karsak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)56.79xx56.79
28A Krishna Poonia Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)xx56.7556.75
29A Elisângela Adriano Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)54.9952.0055.7555.75
30B Rocío Comba Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)52.6254.69x54.69
31B Zinaida Sendriute Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)52.8554.55x54.55
32A Sofia Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)51.87x54.2854.28
33A Olena Antonova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)x54.28x54.28
34B Li Wen-Hua Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)53.8849.9152.4953.88
35B Kazai Suzanne Kragbé Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)52.2453.8452.7953.84 NR
36A Venera Getova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)53.33xx53.33
37B Tereapii Tapoki Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands  (COK)x45.29x45.29SB
A Ellina Zvereva Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)xxxNM
B Iryna Yatchenko Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)xxxNM
B Natalya Fokina-Semenova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)DNS

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Dani Samuels Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)x59.0562.7164.7665.44x65.44PB
Silver medal icon.svg Yarelis Barrios Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)64.4463.8761.17xx65.3165.31SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Nicoleta Grasu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)x65.2062.3860.6863.41x65.20SB
4 Zaneta Glanc Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)58.6959.8362.66x57.71x62.66
5 Song Aimin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)51.6960.5061.78x61.3962.4262.42
6 Nadine Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)57.5357.6262.0460.40xx62.04
7 Natalya Sadova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)60.7061.7859.3160.4458.2661.4461.78
8 Mélina Robert-Michon Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)59.8060.9260.89x59.9059.6960.92
9 Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)x60.77x60.77
10 Aretha Thurmond Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x59.8959.8859.89
11 Ma Xuejun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)58.79x58.5858.79
12 Stephanie Brown Trafton Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)58.53x57.9458.53

References

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  1. Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-09). Women's Discus Throw - PREVIEW Archived 2009-10-10 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
  2. Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-19). Event Report - Women's Discus Throw - Qualification Archived 2009-09-22 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
  3. 1 2 Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-21). Event Report - Women's Discus Throw - Final Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
  4. Dani Samuels - In A Spin. Inside Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.