Stephanie Brown Trafton from the United States is still in the lead after group B’s results were posted. Her distance of 62.77m is 0.26m further than the second place thrower, Nicoleta Grasu. Trafton’s throw was also 4.23m farther than her throw in Athens 2004 where she did not make it into the finals.
This improvement could very well mean a medal for Trafton in the Beijing 2008 Women’s Discus Final on August 18 at 7:00 (UTC/GMT+8) in the National Stadium. Nicoleta Grasu has beaten Iryna Yatchenko’s of Group A’s throw with her result, 62.51m, which puts Grasu in second place and Iryna in third. Iryna won bronze in Athens 2004 and will surely be in contention for a medal this time around.
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)