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Hammer record

WORLD and Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland broke her own hammer world record with a throw of 82.98 meters on Sunday. Wlodarczyk set the previous world record of 82.29 meters to claim the Olympic title in Rio de Janeiro. The 31-year-old Wlodarczyk beat the previous meeting record at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Warsaw with each of her five valid throws, opening with 79.68 meters and improving with each of her next three efforts to set the world record.

 




 

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