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Finland's Arsi Harju landed the first athletics gold of the Games with a surprise win in the shot put. Harju took the spoils in a disappointing final as his second round throw of 21.29m put him ahead of Americans Adam Nelson (21.21) and twice world champion John Godina (21.20). Yanina Korolchik from Belarus summoned up the best throw of her life to claim the women's shot put gold in the last round of the final. Korolchik's 20.56-metre national record lifted her from third place and in the process snatched the gold from Russia's Larisa Peleshenko, the top thrower in the world this year. The 23-year-old Belarussian also relegated Germany's world champion Astrid Kumbernuss to the bronze medal slot. |
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