World Athletics Championships: China’s Feng Bin stuns women’s discus for gold | More sports News – Times of India

Feng Bin (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP)

EUGENE: China’s Feng Bin put up the performance of her life to stun the women’s discus final at the World Championships on Wednesday, as Olympic champion American Valerie Allman settled for bronze.
Feng won off of her 69.12-metres opener, a personal best and her strongest performance of the season by a wide margin, as Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic secured the silver in a 68.45-metres second attempt.
With the home crowd urging her on, Allman rocketed the discus across the field on her third throw and she jumped with excitement but it was marked far short of Feng’s effort, and she fumbled her final try for 51.41.
Reigning champion Yaime Perez of Cuba could not find her power, finishing seventh with a best throw of 63.07.