Wlodarczyk breaks her own world record

Polish world champion Anita Wlodarczyk broke her own women's hammer world record with a throw of 78.30 metres in Bydgoszcz

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London: Polish world champion Anita Wlodarczyk broke her own women's hammer world record with a throw of 78.30 metres in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Sunday, the IAAF reported.

Wlodarczyk surpassed the record of 77.96 metres she set in winning last year's world championships in Berlin, the IAAF said on its website (www.iaaf.org).

The 24-year-old's record throw came on her third attempt at the European Athletic Festival.

Timeline

Women's hammer throw world record after Anita Wlodarczyk set a new mark on Sunday:

  • 73.14m: Mihaela Melinte (ROM), 16/07/98 at Poiana Brasov (Rumania)
  • 75.97m: Mihaela Melinte (ROM), 13/05/99 at Clermont-Ferrand (France)
  • 76.07m: Mihaela Melinte (ROM), 29/08/99 at Ruedlingen (Switzerland)
  • 77.06m: Tatiana Lysenko (RUS), 15/07/2005 at Moscow
  • 77.26m: Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS), 12/06/06 at Tula (Russia)
  • 77.41m: Tatiana Lysenko (RUS), 24/06/06 at Zhukovsky (Russia)
  • 77.80m: Tatiana Lysenko (RUS), 15/08/06 at Tallinn
  • 77.96m: Anita Wlodarczyk (POL), 22/08/09 at Berlin
  • 78.30m: Anita Wlodarczyk (POL), 06/06/10 at Bydgoszcz (Poland).

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