6 Jul 2013

Walsh misses World Championship distance

4:41 pm on 6 July 2013

The New Zealand shot-putter Tom Walsh has thrown 19.61 metres to finish eighth at the Diamond League Athletics meeting in Lausanne.

21-year-old Walsh was hoping to throw the World Championship B-qualifying standard of 20.10 metres.

American Ryan Whiting threw a meeting record 21.88 metres to win.