Tatyana Lysenko of Russia hit 77.13 on her third throw, to take the gold in the women’s hammer. Her series was 76.80m, 77.09m, 77.13m, 74.51m, 75.05 and a foul.
Betty Heidler of Germany was the silver, throwing 76.06m. Heidler hit a foul, 73.96m, 74.70m, foul, 76.06m and a foul.
In the bronze position, Zhang Wenxiu of China, who threw 75.03 on her first throw. Her series was 75.03m, 74.31m, foul, 73.17m, 71.86m, 74.79m.
In fourth, Yipsi Moreno of Cuba, threw 74.48m on her third throw. In fifth, Anita Wlodarzyk of Poland threw 73.56m. In sixth place, Bianca Perie of Romania threw 72.04m, a seasonal best.
Jessica Cosby of the USA was tenth, her best throw being 68.91m.
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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