Olympic Champion Sara Kolak failed to win a medal in London in spite of her second throw
holding third place until the fifth round. However, Lü Huihui did throw 67.59* in qualifying
so perhaps the bronze medal was the least the new Chinese record holder deserved.
Sara threw 63.24 in qualifying.
2017 World Athletics Championship. London Olympic Stadium,
England.
Women's Javelin Throw Final.
| 1. |
SPOTAKOVA
|
Barbora
|
Czech Republic (CZE) |
66.76 |
|
| 2. |
LINGWEI |
Li |
China (CHN) |
66.25 |
PB |
| 3. |
HUIHUI |
Lu |
China (CHN) |
65.26 |
|
| 4. |
KOLAK |
Sara |
Croatia (CRO) |
64.95 |
|
| 5. |
TUGSUZ |
Eda |
Turkey (TUR) |
64.52 |
|
| 6. |
KHALADOVICH |
Tatsiana
|
Belarus (BLR) |
64.05 |
|
| 7. |
MOLITOR |
Katharina |
Germany (GER |
63.75 |
|
| 8. |
SHIYING |
Liu |
China (CHN) |
63.84 |
|
* Chinese record and area record.