With Asian champion Bin Feng emerging as the discus world champion in Oregon with a throw of 69.12m, far surpassing herself after going into the event with a personal best of 66m.
The Chinese discus thrower dominated from the first shot of the final and no athlete was able to threaten her, as a result of which the gold medal came very naturally in the discus for her country. Second was Sandra Perkovic with 68.45m with the Croatian bettering her year’s record, but by no means could she come close to Feng’s performance.
As for Tokyo Olympic champion Valerie Ollman with a mediocre performance by her standards and with a throw of 68.30m, she was limited to third place and the bronze medal.
In the other grand final of yesterday’s sixth day of the Oregon Worlds in the 3000m steeplechase, Kazakhstan celebrated its first ever world gold medal, with naturalized Kazakh Nora Geruto edging past Kenyan-born Winfred Yavi in ​​the last 200m who is competing with Bahrain eventually finishing fourth.
The also Kenyan-born winner also set a Games record and the third best performance of all time with 8.53.02, breaking the similar record set by Beatrice Chepkoets in 2019 in Doha, Qatar.
Second was Werkuha Getetso achieving a national record for Ethiopia with 8.56.61, with her compatriot Makindes Abebe completing the podium. The absence of American athletes from the top three after 2016 is a big surprise. It is worth noting that the Albanian Luisa Ghega broke the domestic record by finishing in fifth place.
Edited by: Konstantinos Karalaios
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