1.   On Wednesday a New Zealand athlete won the discus throw by default.

2.   Lars Riedel of Germany won his third discus throw World Championship title in a row Friday, ahead of Vladimir Dubrovshchik and Vasiliy Kaptyukh, both of Belarus.

3.   Natalya Sadova of Russia launched the best discus throw of the season to overtake Olympic champion Elina Zvereva of Belarus and win the world title.

4.   So far, a Saudi Arabian athlete has been stripped of his gold medal in discus throw for using a stimulant.

5.   Wazen had refereed last week in discus throw at the games, Petra said.