American Michelle Carter stunned champion Valerie Adams with a throw of 20.63 meters on her final attempt to win Olympic shot put gold and deny the New Zealander a third successive title on Friday.
Germany's Christina Schwanitz effectively wrapped up her first Diamond Race shot put title with a winning throw of 20.13 metres on the eve of the main IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Women's 100 metres world champion and Diamond Race leader Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won.
'The fact that the IOC and Japan decided to postpone has a lot to do with the fact that athletes spoke out and clearly told their stories. It somehow made it real.'
Indians had a disappointing outing on the opening day of the track and field events at the Rio Olympics, Vikas Gowda, Manpreet Kaur and Jinson Johnson failing to progress to the next round, on Friday.
A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
Usain Bolt retained his 100 metres title at the IAAF World Championship, in Beijing, on Sunday.
Check out the gold medallists on Day 13 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday:
Drysdale wins close single sculls gold Also, check out late gold medal winners from Day 7...
In Rio, over 10,000 athletes will compete for the biggest prize in sport -- an Olympic gold medal.
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