7.48pm – Shot Put Women with Stadium record

The Jamaican can expect nice conditions. This time the weather forecast got it right. Around 7pm, it stopped raining in Oslo and the conditions became gentle. At this moment, the Bislett stadium was half filled and the ladies competed in Triple Jump, Pole Vault and Shot Put.

Later, 26 year old Valerie Adams (NZE) won the women’s Shot Put competition with a new stadium record. Her attempt of 20.26m was two centimenters longer than the one of Nunu Abashdize (UKR) in 1985. Nobody but her was able to pass the 20-meter-mark, but the Olympic Champion did it in five of six occasions. Adams has won four competitions in Australia this year, all with attemps between 20.13m and 20.55m. Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) finished second (19.92m), China’s Lijiao Gong third (19.57m).