FILE PHOTO: Diamond League - Monaco - Shot Put - Hercule Port, Monaco - July 19, 2018 New Zealand's Valerie Adams in action during women's shot put REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
(Reuters) - New Zealand's former shot put world champion Valerie Adams, hoping for a third Olympic gold medal in Tokyo this year, threw 19.65 metres in Auckland on Saturday, her longest in competition since 2016.
The 36-year-old fired four of her throws past the 19m mark at the Sir Graeme Douglas International meet, with her second throw the longest in the world since August 2019. Only five women have thrown further since the 2016 Olympics.
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