New Zealand's Valerie Adams competes in the women's shot put final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Valerie Adams made it 48 consecutive wins, taking first place comfortably in the Diamond League shot put competition in Rome this morning.
The best throw for the double Olympic champion came in the second round at 20.01m.
Rotorua's Adams would have been hoping for more, but it was enough to
defeat world number two Christina Schwanitz from Germany by 0.41m. Third was Lijiao Gong from China with 19.17.
Three of Adams four valid throws were longer than Schwanitz's best attempt which came in round three.
Adams now has a perfect record in the 2014 Diamond Race with eight points from two rounds. Schwanitz and Leantsiuk from Belarus are second equal with 2 points.
The next meeting for Adams will be a World Challenge event in Marrakech, Morocco on Monday morning (NZT), followed by the New York Diamond League in New York on June 14.
