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Auriol Dongmo finishes fourth
Portuguese athlete Auriol Dongmo came close to securing a medal in the weight throw at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the final of the race, throwing 19.57 meters.
Auriol Dongmo, who is the holder of the national records of Portugal (19.75 meters) and Cameroon (18.37), released 19.29, 18.95 and 19.17, guaranteeing a place among the eight finalists, where he obtained 19.57, 19.45 and 19.45, just five centimeters from the third place, New Zealander Valerie Adams (19.62), champion in Beijing2008 and London2012 and silver in Rio2016.
The North American Raven Saunders, was silver medal, with 19.79. The new Olympic champion was the Chinese Lijiao Gong, with 20.58 meters.
