The hammer throw may have already met this fate — no one hasbroken its world record since 1986. Yet, athletes frequently outdo themselves in other sports, such as the400-meter sprint. You may like How are scie
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John J. Flanagan was an Irish-American athlete, the first Olympic hammer throw champion, who won three Olympic gold medals and set 14 world records. A powerfully built man, standing 5 feet 8 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighing 220 pounds (100 kg), Flanagan
Athletes are barred from leaving the throw area until the hammer thrown by her touches the landing point. They can exit only with the consent of the judge. The IAAF also determines the material and the length of the wire with which the ball is attached to the handle. ...
Friday, 21 June 10:00 - Decathlon - Men's 100m heats 11:00 - Women's hammer throw qualifying 11:01 - Decathlon - Men's long jump (A & B) 12:11 - Decathlon - Men's shot put (A & B) 15:20 - Men's 400m Round 1
Athletics (track and field) 20:00: W hammer throw final; 20:20: M long jump final; 20:50: M 1500m final; 21:10: W 3000m steeplechase final; 21:40: W 200m final Boxing 21:30–22:01: M 71kg semi-finals; 22:02–22:33: W 50kg semi-finals; 22:34–23:05: W 66kg semi-...
Won Olympic gold in hammer throwMatt Schudel
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine's Valeriya Ivanenko won gold in the women's hammer throw at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires on Monday. Egypt's Rawan Ayman Ibrahim Barakat threw a personal best for the silver medal while Cuba's Alegna Osorio Mayari won the bronze. ...
Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Heptathlon 20km Race Walk Marathon Mixed Team Events 4 x 400m Relay Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay as she makes her long-awaited Olympic debut in Paris this summer. She locked in her spot in the 100m with a career second-best time of 10.71 seconds, the fastest...
The only woman to have thrown the hammer further than 80 metres, the 31-year-old world champion had already broken the Olympic record with a second throw of 80.40 when she entered the ring for the third time. Zhang Wenxiu of China threw 76.75 to add a silver medal to the bronze she wo...