Russia's Svetlana Krivelyova won
the women's shot put title at the sixth time of asking at the
World Championships.
The Russian, who won the Olympic title in 1992, threw a season's best of 20.63 metres in the fourth round to take the gold medal.
Belarussia's Nadezhda Ostapchuk, 22, also produced some mighty throws and threw a lifetime best of 20.12m to claim silver.
Vita Pavlysh of the Ukraine was the third athlete to throw over the 20m-mark and took bronze with her best effort of 20.08m
Krivelyova's gold completes her collection of world medals after a silver in 1993 and bronzes in 1991 and 1999.
Women's shot put results:
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