2018 Women’s Shot World Rankings
REIGNING NO. 1 GONG got off to a losing start, capturing “only” bronze at the World Indoor. That was the… Read More
REIGNING NO. 1 GONG got off to a losing start, capturing “only” bronze at the World Indoor. That was the… Read More
AFTER 2 STRAIGHT YEARS as the runner-up, Lupita González ascended to the No. 1 position. The Mexican star had a… Read More
WITH THE LONG JUMP being one of those DL events which now has only 4 meets before the final instead… Read More
AND THEN THERE WERE 6. A half-dozen nations, that is, that have gone 1–2 in the 100 in the 63-year… Read More
LIKE THE MEN, the women had no European Circuit meets to run in, leaving the African Championships as the year’s… Read More
HER FIRST TITLE of 3 in a row was close, but last year’s wasn’t, and neither was this one. Nafi… Read More
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Caster Semenya was a lock for her third straight No. 1 in the 2-lapper. She hasn’t… Read More
REIGNING NO. 1 Shaunae Miller-Uibo was undefeated but nonetheless lost the top spot to Salwa Eid Naser, No. 3 a… Read More
WITH A WINNING RECORD against all other vaulters, the most DL wins (3) and the best sequence of marks, Sandi… Read More
SLOWLY BUT SURELY the steeplechase’s 9:00 barrier is becoming almost commonplace. Well, at least for a select few. When the… Read More
SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO’s successful defense of her crown was the first since Allyson Felix in ’10. It was an easy decision… Read More
THIS WAS A DANDY, featuring all kinds of circular data from multiple candidates for the top spot. The best 2… Read More
ALTHOUGH NOT AN AOY-CALIBER season like those she had in ’14, ’16 & ’17, Anita Włodarczyk’s latest campaign was chock-full… Read More
LONDON ’17 SAW the debut of the women’s 50 at a very late date, and there were so few competitors… Read More
KENI HARRISON’S THIRD No. 1 in a row puts her in elite territory. Only Gail Devers (8) and Karin Balzer… Read More
LOTS OF CONFLICTING evidence in this one, with Dalilah Muhammad winning the DL Final, and having a narrow 3–2 winning… Read More
A TALE OF 2 SEASONS. Shelby Houlihan started her campaign with 4 wins and finished with 2 losses. Conversely, Laura… Read More
POLAND WENT 1-2 AGAIN, but the order was reversed from last year, Wojciech Nowicki taking the top spot from 3-time… Read More
2-TIME REIGNING NO. 1 Omar McLeod started his season in fine fashion, winning the Shanghai and Eugene DL titles in… Read More
2018 ISN’T EVEN OVER YET but already anticipation runs high for next year’s meetings (how many? where?) between Abderrahmane Samba… Read More