Days after belatedly being awarded the Olympic gold medal, Kiwi shotputter Valerie Adams has breezed to victory in the latest Diamond League athletics meet in Stockholm.
Despite a week focused on her elevation to the victory after Belarussian Nadzeya Ostapchuk tested positive for drugs, Adams was barely troubled, throwing over 20m on every recorded put.
In a field featuring six of the finalists from the London Games, Adams' best throw was 20.26m, just under half a metre shorter than her gold medal effort.
Adams says she didn't take any notice of Ostapchuk's comments in the buildup.
"When she says (what she says) she's taking desperate measures I cannot do anything about it, I cannot control what she says or what she does, all I know is that I'm rightfully clean and I'm here doing what I love doing and enjoying it, and that's why she's still in Belarus."
