Natalya Liskovskaya of the Soviet Union, in...
Natalya Liskovskaya of the Soviet Union, in the Znamensky meet at Moscow, improved her world record in the shot put twice, increasing the women’s mark to 74 feet 3 inches.
Liskovskaya, 25, first tossed the shot 74-1 3/4, topping her previous mark of 73-11, set in May of 1984.
Meanwhile, in a world best this season, Anelia Nuneva of Bulgaria won the women’s 100 meters in 10.92. In the women’s 800, Lyubov Khiryukina of the Soviet Union also had a season’s best of 1:57.62.
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