Anita knocks ’em over

World and Olympic champ breaks own world hammer throw record

WARSAW: World and Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland broke her own hammer world record with a throw of 82.98m.

Wlodarczyk set the previous world record of 82.29m 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 on Sunday with each of her five valid throws, opening with 79.68m and improving with each of her next three efforts to set the world record.

Her final throw also beat the previous meet record. The new world record has yet to be ratified. — AP

She ain’t heavy, she’s my knockout: Poland’s Olympic and world hammer throw champion Anita Wlodarczyk (right) posing with her coach Krzysztof Kliszewski in front of a board showing her new world record at the Kamila skolimowska athletics meet in...