Moorby takes silver, Wesche just misses
- Dave Worsley
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min read
Impressive results for the three New Zealand athletes at the opening Diamond League meet of the season at Xiamen in China.
Tori Moorby (nee Peters) was second in the women's javelin with a season-best throw of 62.50m. The winner was Elina Tzengko of Greece at 64.75m.
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Moorby, 30 felt it was good to find some form again after a rough patch.
”It’s nice to be back in China. The competition is really good. I started out with a 60m and it was a bit of season best for me. The girls brought their game in the next rounds, and I was able to respond and get a bigger throw out there," she said.
"I was just relieved. I struggled a little bit over the last couple of years. So it’s really nice to be back out here and throw far. I just needed a bit of time to consolidate and trust in my technique.
Now I think we’re tracking in the right direction. So I just need to believe in myself. I look forward to going to Tokyo for WCH. I know it’s going to be tough. Nowadays in the women's javelin, a lot of girls are throwing well."
Olympic silver medallist Maddie Lee Wesche finished fourth in the women's shot put with a best throw of 19.51..Third was Lijao Gong with 19.62m The winner was Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands with a meet record of 20.47
In the men's triple jump Ethan Olivier was fifth with a best leap of 16.52m.
