Day 5 Friday July 17
Michelle Carter 57-7 wins shot put gold on last throw!
The high school record holder's first round 55-0.75 held up until the last two throws of the shot put. Then Anna Avdeyeva of Russia boomed out to 56-2.5 to take the lead. But Carter responded mightily with a 2-foot PR for USA's first ever World Junior gold medal in this event. (Laura Gerraughty, this year's US Olympic Trials winner, was third at Kingston in 2002.)
World Junior Championships index page
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