2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put

None March 2016 Women's shot put 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships Oregon Convention Center March 19 11 9 Winning distance 20.21 Michelle Carter USA Anita Márton HUN Valerie Adams NZL 2014 2018 The women's shot put at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-5681/timetable/bydiscipline/women/shot-put IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable March 16, 2016 IAAFStart list That Valerie Adams took the lead in the first round was not a surprise. Over the previous decade, the only woman to defeat Adams in a major international competition, turned out to be a serial drug cheat. What might have been foretelling was that the lead was not already insurmountable. In the second round, Michelle Carter took the lead, which she solidified in the third round, even though Adams hit her best throw of the competition in that round. Adams may not be back to 100% after the multiple surgeries which caused her absence in Beijing,http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/71215499/Valerie-Adams-has-knee-surgery-in-further-bid-to-get-body-right-for-Rio-Olympics Valerie Adams has knee surgery in further bid to get body right for Rio Olympics August 17, 2015 her best more than a meter short of where she would normally be throwing. But Carter was challenged, when Anita Márton threw her National Record 19.33 on her final attempt. That lasted only long enough for Carter to make her final attempt, 20.21 was almost a 3-foot improvement for the winner. Results The final was started at 17.45.Final results Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Michelle Carter x 18.90 19.31 19.28 x 20.21 20.21 WL Anita Márton 17.99 18.38 19.01 18.71 19.08 19.33 19.33 NR Valerie Adams 18.49 18.30 19.25 x 19.02 18.31 19.25 04 4 Cleopatra Borel 17.41 17.73 17.59 17.31 18.38 17.50 18.38 SB 05 5 Jillian Camarena-Williams 18.17 x x 17.57 17.52 18.17 06 6 Radoslava Mavrodieva 17.01 18.00 x x 17.91 18.00 SB 07 7 Lena Urbaniak x 17.19 17.55 x 17.91 17.91 08 8 Gao Yang 17.26 17.27 17.65 17.67 17.02 17.67 09 9 Aliona Dubitskaya 17.45 x x 17.45 10 Bian Ka 16.86 17.13 17.34 17.34 11 Chiara Rosa 17.10 x 16.89 17.10 References Shot put Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships