Jessica Schilder convincingly qualified for the final of the shot put at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in the night from Friday to Saturday. The two other Dutch women in the qualifier, Jorinde van Klinken and Benthe König, fell short.
The 23-year-old Schilder put the bullet on her first attempt at Hayward Field Stadium to 19.16 meters. That was enough for the required 18.90 meters for a place in the final, which is scheduled for the night from Saturday to Sunday.
Schilder’s place in the final fits in with her excellent year, in which she is making good development. After failing to qualify at the Tokyo Olympics last year, she took bronze at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March and set a Dutch record (19.68) in June.
The Volendam is the first Dutch in the World Cup final of the shot put since Melissa Boekelman in 2017 in London.