New Zealand's Valerie Vili competes in the women's shot put final at the National Stadium as part of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 16, 2008. [Agencies]

BEIJING -- New Zealand's Valerie Vili won the women's shot put gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday.

Belarus' Natallia Mikhnevich took the silver and her compatriot Nadzeya Ostapchuk took the bronze.