Source: guardian.co.tt | Clayton Clarke
Cleopatra Borel continued her impressive 2011 season with her best ever outdoor throw in women’s shot put at the Samsung Diamond League meeting in Stadium de France, in Paris on Friday. Borel recorded a distance of 19.42m which improves on her 19.30m achieved in Slovakia in August 2010. Her mark is below her indoor best of 19.48m set seven years ago in the USA.
The distance also improves her season’s top mark of 19.17 established in winning in Forteleza Brazil on May 11. Despite her best effort, the 2010 Commonwealth silver medallist missed on a medal in France, finishing fourth. Olympic and double World Champion Valarie Adams of New Zealand grabbed the top spot with 20.78 ahead of Belarussian Nadzeya Ostapchuk (20.49) and Jillian Camerena-Williams who equaled the US record with 20.18m.
Borel is preparing for the upcoming World Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea from August 27 to September 4 and will be hoping to make the finals after missing out on her previous three appearances. The national record holder has enjoyed greater success at the World indoor Championships where she advanced to the medal round on two occasions (2008 Valencia, Spain and 1006 Moscow, Russia).
RESULTS
Women’s Shot Putt
1 Valarie Adams New Zealand 20.78
2 Nadzeya Ostapchuk Belarus 20.49
3 Jilliam Camerena-Williams USA 20.18
4 Cleopatra Borel Trinidad and Tobago 19.42 (National Outdoor record)
5 Misleydis Gonzalez Cuba 18.87
6 Michelle Carter USA 18.38
7 Nadine Kleinert Germany 18.01
8 Jessica Cerival France 17.12
Team TTO
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee