Yanina produces golden shot

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.

Relegated

The 23-year-old Belarussian also relegated Germany's world champion Astrid Kumbernuss to the bronze medal slot.

Peleshenko's second-round effort of 19.92 metres seemed enough to give her the Olympic title, while going into the final round, Kumbernuss was third with a best put of 19.38m.

Kumbernuss's final put of 19.62m moved her into the silver position but Korolchik conjured up the perfect response to unleash the shot of her life.

Peleshenko still had the last throw of the competition but was unable to come up with a winning throw.