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She's clearly built for strength, rather than speed.
But that didn't stop Savannah Sanitoa from having a jolly good crack at the running track.
The 22-year-old from American Samoa - whose speciality is the shot put - took up a wild card entry for the Women's 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin yesterday.
Her time of 14.23 seconds wasn't quite in the same class as the electrifying 9.58 seconds sprint by Usain Bolt, which set a new world record.
But at least it was a personal best. Miss Sanitoa, who weighs around 15-stone, said she was just happy to compete on a world stage, having failed to qualify for the shot put.
She said: 'It's a personal best just for me to be here, we have little competitions back home but to be here among the best in the world is pretty exciting.'
Miss Sanitoa lost her heat and was three seconds behind the winner.
But she did manage to escape being slowest in the 100m on the day.
That title went to Tioiti Katutu of Kiribati, who laboured home in 14.38 seconds.
Sanitoa, who is about to sign up for the US army, has already been compared to Eric "the Eel" Moussambani.
The swimmer from Equatorial Guinea won his 100m heat despite being twice as slow as most other competitors because the two others in his race were disqualified for making false starts.
He set a personal best and a national record.
Can you run 100M in 14.23 seconds ?
She's clearly built for strength, rather than speed.
But that didn't stop Savannah Sanitoa from having a jolly good crack at the running track.
The 22-year-old from American Samoa - whose speciality is the shot put - took up a wild card entry for the Women's 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin yesterday.
Her time of 14.23 seconds wasn't quite in the same class as the electrifying 9.58 seconds sprint by Usain Bolt, which set a new world record.
But at least it was a personal best. Miss Sanitoa, who weighs around 15-stone, said she was just happy to compete on a world stage, having failed to qualify for the shot put.
She said: 'It's a personal best just for me to be here, we have little competitions back home but to be here among the best in the world is pretty exciting.'
Miss Sanitoa lost her heat and was three seconds behind the winner.
But she did manage to escape being slowest in the 100m on the day.
That title went to Tioiti Katutu of Kiribati, who laboured home in 14.38 seconds.
Sanitoa, who is about to sign up for the US army, has already been compared to Eric "the Eel" Moussambani.
The swimmer from Equatorial Guinea won his 100m heat despite being twice as slow as most other competitors because the two others in his race were disqualified for making false starts.
He set a personal best and a national record.
Can you run 100M in 14.23 seconds ?
