The women's

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at the

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was held at the

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, Qatar, from 2 to 3 October 2019.

Summary

As the competition was just getting started, defending champion Gong Lijiao put herself into the lead with the only 19 meter throw of the first round 19.07m.

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dropped an 18.70m that held up in second until Danniel Thomas-Dodd almost got 19 with her 18.97m. In the second round, Gong improved to 19.42m and Thomas-Dodd also improved to 19.07, 2013 champion Christina Schwanitz took over third with an 18.87m. In the third round,

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tickled the leaders with an 18.86m but that was going to be her best of the day. Re-ordered in the fourth round, Magdalyn Ewen moved into third with an 18.91m, then Gong tossed the winner . Ewen improved 2 cm in the fifth round, but then Schwanitz stepped into the ring to let out 19.17m to jump into second place. In the final round, Thomas-Dodd reclaimed the silver with 19.47m.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Final

The final was started on 3 October at 22:35.

References

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