Valerie Adams rounded off a perfect Commonwealth Games preparation with a dominant victory at the Diamond League meet in Monte Carlo on Friday night.
Shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk has been banned for four years after failing two drugs test but she won't be able to compete against Valerie Adams at the Rio Olympics.
Valerie Adams is a colossus in the world of athletics and in New Zealand sport. She has won back-to-back Olympic gold medals and, now, four successive world championship titles in the women's shot put.
Shot putter Valerie Adams will never forgive Nadzeya Ostapchuk for stealing her Games glory in 2012 but, after winning at the Olympic stadium this weekend, the New Zealander is ready to move on.
Valerie Adams won her 37th consecutive competition this morning.
Valerie Adams' season took a big jump forward in Ostrava, Czech Republic overnight, as she won the shot put at the World Challenge event with a season's best of 20.88m.
Good riddance.
If Valerie Adams wins her third Olympic shot put gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, she will become one of the greats of New Zealand sport, and not just of athletics.
Valerie Adams is on her way home to finally get her hands on what is rightfully hers.
The homecoming medal ceremony for Valerie Adams is to be held in front of a select audience of competition winners and VIPs, despite calls for a public celebration of her gold victory.
Valerie Adams says she would be happy to get in the ring with Nadzeya Ostapchuk and give her what for; however, far-fetched rumours of a boxing fight between the two shot put rivals have been proven unfounded.
Valerie Adams' reign as Olympic champion is over.
Shot Putter Valerie Adams has wrapped up the Diamond League with a dominant display in her final event in front of a capacity crowd at Zurich's main train station.
Olympic champion Valerie Adams has continued her fine run with victory in the women's shot put at the latest Diamond League event in Lausanne, Switzerland overnight.
Valerie Adams has decided not to pursue legal action against disgraced Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk, who accused Adams of taking drugs.
Olympic shot-put champion Valerie Adams is anxious to get her hands on the gold medal she was denied by a drug cheat but is steeling herself for what could be a long wait.
Valerie Adams continued her winning way in New York this morning at the IAAF Diamond League meeting.
Olympic shot put champion Valerie Adams continued her build-up to March's world indoor championships with a couple of strong throws at the Porritt Classic in Hamilton on Saturday.
Seven New Zealand athletes have finished 2011 ranked in the top 50 in the world in 10 different events.
Valerie Adams has been named a finalists for the IAAF female Athlete of the Year.