4 Sep 2016

Adams loses to Carter again

9:00 am on 4 September 2016

New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams has finished second to Olympic champion Michelle Carter again, at a meet in Germany.

Val Adams, Diamond League meeting, Rome, 2016.

Val Adams, Diamond League meeting, Rome, 2016. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Adams' best throw of 19.63 metres at the World Challenge in Berlin was five centimetres behind the American's winner.

Hungary's Anita Marton was a distant third.

Adams narrowly lost at the recent Rio Olympics to Carter's final throw.

World Challenge Meeting Berlin - Women's Shot Put

1. Michelle Carter (U.S.) 19.68

2. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 19.63

3. Anita Marton (Hungary) 18.89