Samuels brilliant in Melbourne

NSWIS athlete and former discus world champion Dani Samuels has continued her hot form throwing 63.89m to claim victory in the women’s discus at the IAAF Melbourne World Challenge on Saturday. 

Samuels again delivered an impressive series that included three throws beyond the Commonwealth Games A-Qualifier – the sixth time she has done so this season.

The performance adds to her two 65-metre plus throws from the Sydney Track Classic last weekend and the NSW Athletics Championships earlier this month.

In other results, Fabrice Lapierre jumped 7.64m to finish third in the men’s long jump, Ian Dewhurst clocked a Commonwealth Games B-Qualifiers of 50.12 to finish second in the men’s 400m hurdles and Georgia Wassall produce another encouraging display to finish second in the women’s 800m behind Kenyan world champion Eunice Sum.