The Portuguese Auriol Dongmo finished fourth this Saturday in the shot put test of the World Athletics Championships, in Budapest, with a throw of 19.69 meters, the same mark as the Chinese Gong Lijiao, bronze medalist.
Auriol Dongmo started the contest with 18.79 meters, improved to 19.63, followed by a zero and 19.69 of his best mark, in the fourth launch, ending the final with 19.55 and another invalid launch.
The 33-year-old Sporting pitcher was surpassed by Gong Lijiao, Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, who finished with the same mark as Dongmo, but with a second better result (19.67), getting the bronze medal for the fourth time, after Berlin 2009. Daegu2011 and Moscow2013 and having been crowned champion in London2017 and Doha2019 and ‘runner-up’ in Beijing2015 and Oregon2022.
The North American Chase Ealey revalidated the title won in Oregon 2022, with 20.43, in the fifth launch, beating the Canadian Sarah Mitton, second classified, with 20.08.
Dongmo, who has a personal record of 20.43 and as the best record of the year 19.76, went to Budapest 2023 with the ‘indoor’ title of the world and Europe, after having been classified fourth in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and fifth in the World Cup. last year.
The fourth place reached today is the best historical ranking of Portugal in throwing, after the fifth place in Eugene, United States, where she made her Portuguese debut in the World Cups, after the 20th place in Beijing 2015, still as a Cameroonian.
Source: TSF
