Valerie Adams

On the 30th of August champion shot putter valerie Adams got a note from her coach saying he couldn't make it but Valerie went on anyway and ended up waving the NZ flag for her championship victory in South Korea.......

The 26 year old made a 21.24m world champion record and won her 3rd successive world shot putt title in the early hours of the morning.......

The winning margin of 1.19m over great rival Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus was the widest in history of the event and her personal best and the longest throw outdoors for 11 years........

Her previous best,and national record,or 21.07m was smashed as she became just the 5th woman to win 3 world championship titles.Natalie Lisovskaya's record stands at 22.63m.............

Valerie is also the olympic and commonwealth champion and is just the 2nd three time winner in the event, matching the record of the German Astrid Kumberness.......