DAY 1 - Shot putters are ready for the final!

Flash quotes and results from 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 2009.
Olympic Champion Tomasz Majewski (POL qualified with 21.19m), who easily qualified on his first attempt said that the feeling was good but this is just a qualification and now he only wants to focus on the final. He also said he feels, that he is in the best shape of his life.

American Christian Cantwell, who was third in the qualification, said that he is fine. He just got a chance and now he just waits for his attempts tonight.

Defending champion, Reese Hoffa had a rough qualification and confessed: "I am not sure what exactly was missing today to qualify straight with a better mark. Maybe the competition wasd too early or the attempts were following too fast" He said, that he had some technical issues but he knows the problem and can fix it. He added "I am in 21m shape or higher"

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Final starts 20:15

Some interesting facts before the final:
Adam Nelson has won 4 medals from the World Championships. Silver in 2001, 2003, 2007 and a gold medal in 2005. Werner Günthör (3 gold medals) and John Godina (3 gold medals) have 3 medals.

All together 4 nations have won M shot put world champion title. 6 times for USA, 3 times for Switzerland and 1 title for Belarus and Poland.

World Championships record - 22.23m Werner Günthör (Rome 87)


Results from the qualification

		Group A
Position	Bib	Athlete	Country	1	2	3	Mark
1	907	Tomasz Majewski	POL	21.19			21.19 Q
2	199	Pavel Lyzhyn	BLR	X	20.72		20.72 Q
3	1170	Christian Cantwell	USA	20.20	20.63		20.63 Q
4	1210	Adam Nelson	USA	20.50			20.50 Q
5	1039	Miroslav Vodovnik	SLO	19.80	20.22	20.05	20.22 q	(SB)
6	563	Peter Sack	GER	20.09	20.20	19.98	20.20 q
7	1018	Pavel Sofin	RUS	X	X	20.16	20.16 q
8	191	Hamza Alic	BIH	X	20.01	20.10	20.10 q
9	762	Sultan Abdulmajeed Alhabashi	KSA	19.91	X	20.04	20.04
10	121	Justin Anlezark	AUS	19.94	19.41	19.33	19.94
11	782	Maris Urtans	LAT	19.89	X	X	19.89	(SB)
12	247	Dylan Armstrong	CAN	19.46	19.86	X	19.86
13	307	Carlos Véliz	CUB	18.82	19.62	19.48	19.62
14	290	Nedžad Mulabegovic	CRO	19.15	X	X	19.15
15	996	Valeriy Kokoyev	RUS	18.02	19.13	18.90	19.13
16	340	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	EGY	18.40	18.69	18.54	18.69
17	387	Borja Vivas	ESP	17.70	18.38	X	18.38
18	103	Adriatik Hoxha	ALB	15.78	15.89	X	15.89
		Group B
Position	Bib	Athlete	Country	1	2	3	Mark
1	200	Andrei Mikhnevich	BLR	20.65			20.65 Q
2	524	Ralf Bartels	GER	20.16	X	20.41	20.41 Q
3	1188	Reese Hoffa	USA	20.23	19.90	X	20.23 q
4	515	Carl Myerscough	GBR	20.17	X	19.79	20.17 q
5	397	Taavi Peetre	EST	19.91	19.79	19.69	19.91
6	930	Marco Fortes	POR	18.70	X	19.81	19.81
7	372	Manuel Martínez	ESP	19.74	19.80	19.73	19.80
8	310	Antonin Žalský	CZE	19.63	19.46	19.77	19.77
9	193	Yury Bialou	BLR	19.38	19.75	19.35	19.75
10	1045	Asmir Kolašinac	SRB	19.62	19.67	X	19.67
11	603	Lajos Kürthy	HUN	19.16	19.64	X	19.64
12	142	Scott Martin	AUS	19.16	19.52	19.45	19.52
13	1234	Daniel Taylor	USA	X	X	19.39	19.39
14	476	Yves Niaré	FRA	X	X	19.37	19.37
15	570	David Storl	GER	19.19	X	19.18	19.19
16	1016	Maksim Sidorov	RUS	18.92	18.77	X	18.92
17	242	Georgi Ivanov	BUL	18.11	X	X	18.11
	116	Germán Lauro	ARG	X	X	X	NM

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