Olympic champ puts hammer down on record

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

— GETTY IMAGES Olympic women’s hammer throw champion Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland celebrates after breaking her own world record during the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial athletics meet Sunday at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland.