Belarus clinches gold, silver at European Athletics Championships
MINSK, 28 July (BelTA) – Nadezhda Ostapchuk and Natalia Mikhnevich claimed shot put gold and silver for Belarus at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, BelTA has learned.
World indoor champion Nadezhda Ostapchuk won the women’s shot put final with a throw of 20.48 meters, followed by her compatriot Natalia Mikhnevich (19.53).
Russia’s Anna Avdeyeva landed third (19.39), with 2000 Olympic Champion Yanina Provalinskaya-Karolchik of Belarus making the fourth place (19.29). |