Dame Valerie Adams has added a bronze to her medal collection and made ​history as the first athlete to compete in five different Olympic shot put finals. China's Gong Lijiao won the gold with a throw of 20.58 metres - a personal best - to beat a stacked field under blistering conditions at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. Adams, who won gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and in London in 2012, threw 19.62 metres for third place. Fellow Kiwi and 2018 junior world champion Maddison-Lee Wesche (22) finished in sixth, with a personal best throw of 18.98 metres. Maddison-Lee Wesche threw a personal best in the final.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 01, 2021 02:57 UTC