Women’s Hammer Throw Final: Rio Olympics 2016 [Results + Video]

15 minutes of Hammer Throwing goodness below!

THREE FIRSTS IN THE HAMMER

Anita Wlodarczyk wrote history on all fronts this morning. First, of course, there was the small matter of a world record. The giant Pole hurled the implement 82.29m, a whole 1.21m farther than her previous world record.

In the process she became the first woman to throw beyond 80 metres three times in the same competition. Previously she held the record for two throws beyond 80 metres in the same competition.

Thanks to a final-round effort of 74.54m, Sophie Hitchon clinched bronze to take Great Britain’s first ever women’s hammer medal at a senior global championships… via IAAF

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