¶2019 wWC SP: Lijiao Gong (China) 64-1¾ (19.55)

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1. Lijiao Gong (China)
2. Chase Ealey (USA)
3. Christina Schwanitz (Germany)
4. Brittany Crew (Canada)
5. Danniel Thomas-Dodd (Jamaica)
6. Maggie Ewen (USA)
7. Anita Márton (Hungary)
8. Fanny Roos (Sweden)
9. Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus)
10. Paulina Guba (Poland)

[steveu]

Good start for Americans Ewen and Carter in qualifying -- Ewen reasonably close to her recent PR with 19.21 on her first throw and leading in the early going. That's well over 18.40 standard, so she can call it a day. Carter 18.85 on her 1st, her furthest since she won London bronze in '17.

Ealey 17.90 on her first, so may need a better one to secure top 12. For the favorite Gong, 18.96 on her first.

[Powell]

Roos is out. Ealey out of the top 12 with one attempt to go.

[donley2]

Ealey is no longer in the top 12 after a foul on her 2nd throw.

[steveu]

Ealey is no longer in the top 12 after a foul on her 2nd throw.

Yikes. She's had such a great year. Really rooting for an 18.40 or better on that final heave.

[donley2]

18.35 for Ealey

[Trickstat]

Great PB of 18.61 for Sophie McKinna. Another event where GB rarely gets a finalist.

Update - first since 1983!

[Powell]

Guba just barely makes it in 12th place with 18.04. Ealey and Crew are the only other lower-case qualifiers.

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first time the U.S. will have 3 finalists since '97

[26mi235]

Only one mark (18.05) that is not over or close to the Q (18.40)

[agassiz]

Is something wrong with Ealey!
Looks out of sorts!

[steveu]

first time the U.S. will have 3 finalists since '97

Wow ... and all three have a shot at a medal. Carter, while well off her peak career form, seems to be getting some of it back. Ealey's season as a whole has made her a medal contender and Ewen has exploded late this summer.

[Powell]

Is something wrong with Ealey!
Looks out of sorts!

She's just not the most consistent of putters, even compared to other spinners.

[agassiz]

I didnt see her 2nd throw which was a foul...
Was it a long Putt though?

[Atticus]

Was it a long Putt though?

Not as far as this 69-footer!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1107377794328219649