THIS WAS A DANDY, featuring all kinds of circular data from multiple candidates for the top spot. The best 2 proved to be Huihui Lu and Tatsiana Khaladovich, who each won 2 DLs. But they weren’t without flaws, as each lost more than she won in what could be called “circuit” meets. We went with Lu at No. 1, for superior consistency. Looking at head-to-head records against those in the Top 10 finds Lu at a solid 21–8 and Khaladovich at an edgy 15–13… Lu becomes China’s first spear winner ever…
CHRISTIN HUSSONG won the important European title but was an abject failure on the DL Circuit, claiming only a pair of 7th-place finishes, so she ends up at No. 3 ahead of Nikola Ogrodníková, who had a DL win and Euro 2nd but was generally at a lower level… 9-time No. 1 (including the last 4 years in a row) Barbora Špotáková of the Czech Republic was out on maternity leave…
THE U.S. WENT from ’82 through ’09 without a Ranker. Then Kara Winger broke through with a No. 6. But then it was another 7 years of drought until this time around, with Winger cracking the code again in taking No. 8…
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| 1. HUIHUI LU (China) (6/26/89, 5-6/132) (1.68/60) | |||||
| 63.07 | 206-11 | … | 1)Chengdu | 4/01 | ||
| (56.29q) | |||||
| 65.63 | 215-4 | … | 1)Chengdu | 4/05 | ||
| (63.72q) | |||||
| 65.66 | 215-5 | … | 1)Zhaoqing | 4/11 | ||
| 66.85 | 219-4 | … | 1)Shanghai DL | 5/12 | ||
| 64.55 | 211-9 | … | 2)Osaka IWC | 5/20 | ▷ | 1. Liu |
| 67.69 | 222-1 | … | 1)Halle | 5/26 | ||
| 65.11 | 213-7 | … | 2)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich |
| 66.90 | 219-6 | … | 1)Guiyang | 6/16 | ||
| 60.40 | 198-2 | … | 3)World Cup | 7/14 | ▷ | 1. Viljoen; 2. Winger |
| 65.54 | 215-0 | … | 1)London DL | 7/21 | ||
| 63.16 | 207-3 | … | 2)Asian G | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Liu |
| 63.53 | 208-5 | … | 4)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich; 2. Liu; 3. Winger |
| 63.88 | 209-7 | … | –)Cont Cup | 9/09 | ||
| 65.45 | 214-8 | … | 1)Chn Ch | 9/14 | ||
| 2. TATSIANA KHALADOVICH (Belarus) (6/21/91, 5-11¼/179) (1.81/81) | |||||
| 59.20 | 194-3 | … | 1)Brest | 4/28 | ||
| 62.15 | 203-11 | … | 4)Shanghai DL | 5/12 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Witek; 3. Tugsuz |
| 67.47 | 221-4 | … | 1)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ||
| 64.54 | 211-9 | … | 1)Minsk | 6/22 | ||
| 61.89 | 203-0 | … | 1)Tomblaine | 6/27 | ||
| 61.00 | 200-1 | … | 6)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ogrodnikova; 2. Liu; 3. Ratej; 4. Winger; 5. Borge |
| 64.77 | 212-6 | … | 1)Blr Ch | 7/21 | ||
| 60.92 | 199-10 | … | 5)European Ch | 8/10 | ▷ | 1. Hussong; 2. Ogrodnikova; 3. Jasiunaite; 4. Ratej |
| (61.21q) | |||||
| 59.34 | 194-8 | … | 2)Göteborg | 8/18 | ▷ | 1. Palameika |
| 66.59 | 218-5 | … | 1)Lappeenranta | 8/23 | ||
| 66.99 | 219-9 | … | 1)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ||
| 3. CHRISTIN HUSSONG (Germany) (3/17/94, 6-1½/180) (1.87/82) | |||||
| 60.02 | 196-11 | … | 2)Leiria | 3/10 | ▷ | 1. Borge |
| 66.36 | 217-8 | … | 2)Halle | 5/26 | ▷ | 1. Lu |
| 63.52 | 208-5 | … | 2)Offenburg | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Liu |
| 58.53 | 192-0 | … | 7)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich; 2. Lu; 3. Ogrodnikova; 4. Borge; 5. Winger; 6. Palameika |
| 63.85 | 209-5 | … | 2)Ostrava IWC | 6/13 | ▷ | 1. Ogrodnikova |
| 63.64 | 208-9 | … | 1)Jena | 6/30 | ||
| 59.94 | 196-8 | … | 7)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ogrodnikova; 2. Liu; 3. Ratej; 4. Winger; 5. Borge; 6. Khaladovich |
| 62.65 | 205-6 | … | 1)Lucerne | 7/09 | ||
| 63.54 | 208-5 | … | 1)Ger Ch | 7/21 | ||
| 67.90 | 222-9 | … | 1)European Ch | 8/10 | ||
| (67.29q) | |||||
| 65.07 | 213-6 | … | 1)Thum | 8/17 | ||
| 62.14 | 203-10 | … | 1)Rovereto | 8/23 | ||
| 61.51 | 201-9 | … | 2)Berlin IWC | 9/02 | ▷ | 1. Barber; 1. Barber |
| 62.96 | 206-7 | … | –)Cont Cup | 9/09 | ||
| 4. NIKOLA OGRODNÍKOVÁ (Czech Republic) (8/18/90, 5-8¾/161) (1.75/73) | |||||
| 65.61 | 215-3 | … | 1)Potchefstroom | 4/12 | ||
| 63.18 | 207-3 | … | 1)Tomblaine | 5/06 | ||
| 64.19 | 210-7 | … | 1)Prague | 5/19 | ||
| 62.97 | 206-7 | … | 1)Aix-les-Bains | 5/20 | ||
| 61.73 | 202-6 | … | 1)Bydgoszcz | 5/29 | ||
| 61.56 | 202-0 | … | 3)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich; 2. Lu |
| 64.17 | 210-6 | … | 1)Ostrava IWC | 6/13 | ||
| 61.64 | 202-3 | … | 1)Kuortane | 6/23 | ||
| 61.52 | 201-10 | … | 2)Jena | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Hussong |
| 65.02 | 213-4 | … | 1)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ||
| 65.36 | 214-5 | … | 2)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Lu |
| 62.24 | 204-2 | … | 1)CzR Ch | 7/28 | ||
| 61.85 | 202-11 | … | 2)European Ch | 8/10 | ▷ | 1. Hussong |
| (61.27q) | |||||
| 64.34 | 211-1 | … | 2)Thum | 8/17 | ▷ | 1. Hussong |
| 62.99 | 206-8 | … | 5)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich; 2. Liu; 3. Winger; 4. Lu |
| 60.35 | 198-0 | … | 3)Berlin IWC | 9/02 | ▷ | 1. Barber; 1. Barber; 2. Hussong |
| 56.61 | 185-8 | … | –)Cont Cup | 9/09 | ||
| 5. KATHRYN MITCHELL (Australia) (7/10/82, 5-5/165) (1.68/75) | |||||
| 66.73 | 218-11 | … | 1)Melbourne | 1/21 | ||
| 61.05 | 200-3 | … | 1)Canberra | 1/27 | ||
| 67.58 | 221-9 | … | 1)Melbourne | 2/11 | ||
| 65.51 | 214-11 | … | 1)Aus Ch | 2/17 | ||
| (57.54q) | |||||
| 68.57 | 224-11 | … | 1)Melbourne | 3/03 | ||
| 64.84 | 212-9 | … | 1)Sydney | 3/17 | ||
| 68.92 | 226-1 | … | 1)Comm G | 4/11 | ||
| 6. SHIYING LIU (China) (9/24/93, 5-10½/167) (1.79/76) | |||||
| 61.05 | 200-3 | … | 2)Chengdu | 4/01 | ▷ | 1. Lu |
| (59.14q) | |||||
| 63.18 | 207-3 | … | 1)Zhuzhou | 4/17 | ||
| 54.60 | 179-1 | … | 10)Shanghai DL | 5/12 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Witek; 3. Tugsuz; 4. Khaladovich; 5. Gleadle; 6. Viljoen; 7. Molitor; 8. Barber; 9. Ratej |
| 67.12 | 220-2 | … | 1)Osaka IWC | 5/20 | ||
| 53.13 | 174-3 | … | 8)Halle | 5/26 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Hussong; 3. Winger; 4. Bergrath; 5. Bani; 6. Borge; 7. Korzh |
| 64.08 | 210-3 | … | 1)Offenburg | 6/02 | ||
| 64.25 | 210-9 | … | 2)Guiyang | 6/16 | ▷ | 1. Lu |
| 64.46 | 211-6 | … | 2)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ogrodnikova |
| 66.09 | 216-10 | … | 1)Asian G | 8/28 | ||
| 66.00 | 216-6 | … | 2)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich |
| 7. KELSEY BARBER (Australia) (9/21/91, 5-9/154) (1.75/70) | |||||
| 60.12 | 197-3 | … | 1)Canberra | 1/20 | ||
| 59.22 | 194-3 | … | 2)Canberra | 1/27 | ▷ | 1. Mitchell |
| 60.99 | 200-1 | … | 1)Canberra | 2/10 | ||
| 62.21 | 204-1 | … | 2)Aus Ch | 2/17 | ▷ | 1. Mitchell |
| (53.33q) | |||||
| 55.27 | 181-4 | … | 2)Sydney | 3/17 | ▷ | 1. Mitchell |
| 64.57 | 211-10 | … | 1)Brisbane | 3/28 | ||
| 63.89 | 209-7 | … | 2)Comm G | 4/11 | ▷ | 1. Mitchell |
| 57.47 | 188-6 | … | 8)Shanghai DL | 5/12 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Witek; 3. Tugsuz; 4. Khaladovich; 5. Gleadle; 6. Viljoen; 7. Molitor |
| 54.61 | 179-2 | … | 9)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich; 2. Lu; 3. Ogrodnikova; 4. Borge; 5. Winger; 6. Palameika; 7. Hussong; 8. Gleadle |
| 61.48 | 201-8 | … | 2)Kuortane | 6/23 | ▷ | 1. Ogrodnikova |
| 56.71 | 186-0 | … | 1)Pihtipudas | 7/01 | ||
| 59.25 | 194-4 | … | 1)Lahti | 7/07 | ||
| 64.11 | 210-4 | … | 3)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Ogrodnikova |
| 61.22 | 200-10 | … | 2)Rovereto | 8/23 | ▷ | 1. Hussong |
| 62.70 | 205-8 | … | 1)Berlin IWC | 9/02 | ||
| 59.32 | 194-7 | … | –)Cont Cup | 9/09 | ||
| 8. KARA WINGER (US) (4/10/86, 6-0/190) (1.83/86) | |||||
| 61.98 | 203-4 | … | 3)Halle | 5/26 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Hussong |
| 62.67 | 205-7 | … | 3)Offenburg | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Hussong |
| 60.79 | 199-5 | … | 5)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich; 2. Lu; 3. Ogrodnikova; 4. Borge |
| 62.88 | 206-3 | … | 1)USATF | 6/21 | ||
| 59.66 | 195-9 | … | 6)Jena | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Hussong; 2. Ogrodnikova; 3. Borge; 4. Domingos; 5. Molitor |
| 63.02 | 206-9 | … | 4)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ogrodnikova; 2. Liu; 3. Ratej |
| 62.16 | 203-11 | … | 2)Lucerne | 7/09 | ▷ | 1. Hussong |
| 60.75 | 199-3 | … | 2)World Cup | 7/14 | ▷ | 1. Viljoen |
| 60.84 | 199-7 | … | 5)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Ogrodnikova; 3. Barber; 3. Barber; 4. Ratej |
| 55.39 | 181-8 | … | 5)Rovereto | 8/23 | ▷ | 1. Hussong; 2. Barber; 3. Laasma; 4. Ince |
| 64.75 | 212-5 | … | 3)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich; 2. Liu |
| 60.38 | 198-1 | … | –)Cont Cup | 9/09 | ||
| 9. MARTINA RATEJ (Slovenia) (11/02/81, 5-10/152) (1.78/69) | |||||
| 59.28 | 194-6 | … | 4)Leiria | 3/10 | ▷ | 1. Borge; 2. Hussong; 3. Molitor |
| 56.46 | 185-3 | … | 9)Shanghai DL | 5/12 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Witek; 3. Tugsuz; 4. Khaladovich; 5. Gleadle; 6. Viljoen; 7. Molitor; 8. Barber |
| 64.26 | 210-10 | … | 1)Birmingham | 5/27 | ||
| 63.91 | 209-8 | … | 1)Ljubljana | 6/23 | ||
| 63.28 | 207-7 | … | 3)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ogrodnikova; 2. Liu |
| 66.10 | 216-10 | … | 1)Slo Ch | 7/14 | ||
| 62.89 | 206-4 | … | 4)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Ogrodnikova; 3. Barber; 3. Barber |
| 61.41 | 201-5 | … | 4)European Ch | 8/10 | ▷ | 1. Hussong; 2. Ogrodnikova; 3. Jasiunaite |
| (61.69q) | |||||
| 61.50 | 201-9 | … | 1)Chorzów | 8/22 | ||
| 60.86 | 199-8 | … | 6)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. Khaladovich; 2. Liu; 3. Winger; 4. Lu; 5. Ogrodnikova |
| 57.14 | 187-5 | … | 4)Berlin IWC | 9/02 | ▷ | 1. Barber; 1. Barber; 2. Hussong; 3. Ogrodnikova |
| 60.15 | 197-4 | … | 1)Ptuj | 9/22 | ||
| 10. SUNETTE VILJOEN (South Africa) (1/06/83, 5-6/139) (1.68/63) | |||||
| 62.46 | 204-11 | … | 1)Sasolburg | 3/27 | ||
| 62.08 | 203-8 | … | 3)Comm G | 4/11 | ▷ | 1. Mitchell; 2. Barber; 2. Barber |
| 60.79 | 199-5 | … | 6)Shanghai DL | 5/12 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Witek; 3. Tugsuz; 4. Khaladovich; 5. Gleadle |
| 62.02 | 203-6 | … | 3)Lucerne | 7/09 | ▷ | 1. Hussong; 2. Winger |
| 61.69 | 202-4 | … | 1)World Cup | 7/14 | ||
| 60.34 | 197-11 | … | 6)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Ogrodnikova; 3. Barber; 3. Barber; 4. Ratej; 5. Winger |
