She was surely dreaming of a better scenario for her tenth grade Athletics World Championships.
Melina Robert-Michon finished 9th in the discus event despite an encouraging second attempt measured at 63.46m. She could not exceed the 63.59 of the Portuguese Liliana Fish.
For her 9th world final, it is disappointment that prevails for Mélina Robert-Michon, as she confided to Olympics.com.
“Very frustrating because I don’t miss much to get into the 8 and have three more tries. I would have liked to be able to express myself again in this competition. I’m aiming for the top 5 for next year. »
At the end of May, the 44-year-old Frenchwoman had managed a throw at 65.49 m in Montreuil in France.
World number 1, the American Valarie Allman dominated the first part of the competition with several throws above 68 meters. But the gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will not manage to keep the lead in the competition, the fault of one of the surprises of this start of the World Championships in Athletics, Year Table.
On the brink of elimination after a failed first try and a second just 52.28 meters away, the American Laulauga Tausaga surprised the spectators of the National Athletics Center with his fifth throw at 69.49m. An exceptional throw, incredible even for an athlete whose record was 65.46 m before this final. She dedicated her victory to Hawaii where she is from.
Eighth in the world, Year Table becomes world champion in the women’s discus throw, ahead of the Olympic champion Valarie Allman and the Chinese Bin Feng.
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