4-time World champion Valerie Adams withdraws from Beijing World Championships

Wednesday, 05 August 2015

Four time world champion New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams has withdrawn from the world championships in Beijing later this month after not recovering from injury.

At the end of 2014 season Adams suffered a severe shoulder injury which affected her preparation for this season.

Adams returned to action on July 4 at Paris Diamond League meet where she achieved her season's best mark of 18.79m which is #12 this year in the world.

Germanys' Christina Shwanitz is leading the women's world list with a mark of 20.77m.

Besides four world outdoor titles, the 30-year-old Adams holds 2 Olympic and 3 world indoor titles.

Women's shot top 15 performances in 2015

1	20.77	Christina Schwanitz	GER	20 May
2	20.34	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19 Jul
3	20.02	Michelle Carter	USA	25 Jun
4	19.26	Cleopatra Borel	TTO	7 Jul
5	18.96	Brittany Smith	USA	23 Apr
6	18.94	Anita Márton	HUN	10 May
7	18.93	Tia Brooks	USA	25 Jun
8	18.89	Dani Bunch	USA	23 May
9	18.88	Aliona Dubitskaya	BLR	24 Jul
10	18.86	Yulia Leantsiuk	BLR	25 Jun
11	18.84	Jeneva Stevens	USA	25 Jun
12	18.79	Valerie Adams	NZL	4 Jul
13	18.73	Felisha Johnson	USA	20 May
14	18.71	Jill Camarena-Williams	USA	25 Jun
15	18.65	Gao Yang	CHN	13 Jul

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