World Champs Womenâ€s Javelin — Third Timeâ€s The Charm For Angulo

With improvements in the Q round and final, Tokyo gold medalist Yuleisy Angulo added more than 9ft to her pre-Champs PR. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)

IN A STRANGE, underwhelming competition which produced the shortest winning distance in the history of the World Champs, and by some margin, at least the unheralded gold and silver medalists finished with smiles on their faces.

Neither Ecuadorâ€s Yuleisy Angulo nor Latviaâ€s Anete Sietiņa featured at all in our pre-meet formchart yet both defied the odds and rose to the occasion on an airless evening which gave little help to the throwers.

Australiaâ€s Mackenzie Little, the â€23 Worlds bronze medalist and 2-time NCAA champion while at Stanford, took an early lead with her 208-7 (63.58) opener.

However, with all the other big names struggling, Angulo made the most of her opportunity at the end of the second round.

She launched her implement out to 213-8 (65.12) for an almost 2-meter improvement on her own NR of 207-6 (63.25) which she had thrown in the qualifying round.

Throwers came and went, with nobody able to reach 210ft (64.00) until the final round, let alone challenge Angulo.

Sietiņa leapt up from 8th to 3rd in the fifth stanza with her 207-10 (63.35) and then overtook Little to grab silver with a last-round PR, 212-1 (64.64) that added an additional element to the shocking outcome of the contest.

“I still canâ€t believe it,†said Ecuadorâ€s first woman global athletics gold medalist. “I compete to improve myself. I have an internal battle to improve myself.â€

Angulo added: “My training partner Flor Dennis [Ruiz, from Colombia, who finished 6th on this occasion] won silver two years ago and I thought I could be at that level one day. I have faced some adversities, such as two surgeries in my left knee. But I persevered. I never gave up. I had been to two World Championships before [failing to make the final both times], and I wasnâ€t going to leave my third without a medal.â€

Much to the disappointment of the home audience, reigning world and Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi — the face of Tokyo 25 and the hosts†big hope for gold — crashed out in qualifying with only 198-1 (60.38). She had struggled with tendon issues in the elbow of her right throwing arm since July.

Kitaguchi was not the only Olympic gold medalist to exit in the prelims. Croatiaâ€s Rio â€16 winner Sara Kolak missed the cut as did Polandâ€s world all-time No. 3 Maria Andrejczyk.

U.S. throwers Madison Wiltrout and Evie Bliss also failed to progress although their best efforts of 195-6 (59.58) and 193-2 (58.88) in the prelims were not far off their PRs.

WOMENâ€S JAVELIN RESULTS

FINAL (SEPTEMBER 20)

1. Yuleisy Angulo (Ecu) 213-8 (65.12) NR

(193-9, 213-8, f, 186-7, 206-4, 208-6) (59.07, 65.12, f, 56.87, 62.89, 63.55);

2. Anete Sietiņa (Lat) 212-1 (64.64) PR

(f, 194-11, f, 195-5, 207-10, 212-1) (f, 59.43, f, 59.56, 63.35, 64.64);

3. Mackenzie Little (Aus) 208-7 (63.58)

(208-7, 201-6, 191-2, 202-0, 197-5, 199-3) (63.58, 61.42, 58.28, 61.59, 60.19, 60.75);

4. Jo-Ané Du Plessis (SA) 206-11 (63.06)

(199-1, 206-11, 196-4, 196-4, 195-10, 202-1) (60.69, 63.06, 59.84, 59.85, 59.70, 61.61);

5. Elína Tzénggo (Gre) 205-9 (62.72)

(205-9, 201-7, 191-6, 197-9, f, 197-3) (62.72, 61.45, 58.38, 60.28, f, 60.12);

6. Flor Dennis Ruiz (Col) 204-5 (62.32)

(192-11, 199-11, 194-3, 204-5, 193-4, f) (58.80, 60.94, 59.20, 62.32, 58.94, f);

7. Tori Moorby (NZ) 201-10 (61.53)

(197-8, 196-0, 201-10, f, 182-9) (60.26, 59.74, 61.53, f, 55.70);

8. Adriana Vilagoš (Ser) 201-1 (61.29)

(173-8, 188-0, 196-10, 201-1, 200-9) (52.93, 57.31, 60.00, 61.29, 61.20);

9. Lingdan Su (Chn) 195-5 (59.56)

(192-11, f, 195-5, 193-5) (58.81, f, 59.56, 58.97);

10. Victoria Hudson (Aut) 195-3 (59.52)

(f, 195-3, f, f) (f, 59.52, f, f);

11. Valentina Barrios (Col) 194-0 (59.14)

(189-9, 178-1, 194-0) (57.85, 54.29, 59.14);

12. Małgorzata Maślak-Glugla (Pol) 189-7 (57.80)

(189-7, 185-7, f) (57.80, 56.58, f).

* = progression of the leading throw; ¶ = athleteâ€s best of the day

first 3 rounds

Tzénggo
62.72*¶
61.45
58.38

Little
63.58*¶
61.42
58.28

Vilagoš
52.93
57.31
60.00

Hudson
f
59.52¶
f

Ruiz
58.80
60.94
59.20

Du Plessis
60.69
63.06¶
59.84

Moorby
60.26
59.74
61.53¶

Sietiņa
f
59.43
f

Barrios
57.85
54.29
59.14¶

Máslak-Glugla
57.80¶
56.58
f

Su
58.81
f
59.56¶

Angulo
59.07
65.12*¶
f

round 4

Sietiņa
59.56

Hudson
f

Su
58.97

Vilagoš
61.29¶

Ruiz
62.32¶

Moorby
f

Tzénggo
60.28

Du Plessis
59.85

Little
61.59

Angulo
56.87

round 5

Sietiņa
63.35

Vilagoš
61.20

Ruiz
58.94

Moorby
55.70

Tzénggo
f

Du Plessis
59.70

Little
60.19

Angulo
62.89

final round

Ruiz
f

Tzénggo
60.12

Du Plessis
61.61

Sietiņa
64.64¶

Little
60.75

Angulo
63.55

QUALIFYING (September 19; auto-qualifier 205-1/62.50)

Qualifiers: Vilagoš 216-9 (66.06), Little 215-0 (65.54), Sietiņa 208-10 (63.67), Angulo 207-6 (63.25) NR, Hudson 206-2 (62.85), Moorby 206-0 (62.78), Su 204-0 (62.18), Ruiz 203-9 (62.11), Maślak-Glugla 202-8 (61.79) PR, Du Plessis 201-4 (61.38), Tzénggo 201-1 (61.31), Barrios 200-1 (60.98),

Non-Qualifiers: Momone Ueda (Jpn) 198-5 (60.49), Haruka Kitaguchi (Jpn) 198-1 (60.38), Rhema Otabor (Bah) 197-0 (60.06), Maria Andrejczyk (Pol) 197-0 (60.04), Jucilene de Lima (Bra) 196-2 (59.79), Madison Wiltrout (US) 195-6 (59.58), Evie Bliss (US) 193-2 (58.88), Liveta JasiÅ«naitÄ— (Lit) 192-5 (58.66), Marija VuÄenović (Ser) 191-7 (58.40), Marie-Therese Obst (Nor) 188-8 (57.52), Lianna Davidson (Aus) 188-5 (57.44), Manuela Rotundo (Uru) 188-5 (57.43), Qianqian Dai (Chn) 188-1 (57.34), Irene Jepkemboi (Ken) 185-6 (56.55), Eda TuÄŸsuz (Tur) 184-3 (56.16), Esra Türkmen (Tur) 183-8 (55.99), Annu Rani (Ind) 181-0 (55.18), Sae Takemoto (Jpn) 180-9 (55.11), Sigrid Borge (Nor) 180-1 (54.90), LÄ«na MÅ«ze-SirmÄ (Lat) & Sara Kolak (Cro) 178-9 (54.49), Andrea Železná (CzR) 175-3 (53.43), Daniella Mieko Nisimura (Bra) 173-11 (53.01), Petra Sicaková (CzR) 170-3 (51.90).

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