![]() ![]() Rudy Winkler had hoped to earn the United States its first hammer throw Olympic medal since 1996 after winning the U.S. Poland also won the inaugural 4x400 mixed relay on Saturday. It was only the second time that one delegation has won both the men's and women's hammer throw event in a single Games. The results added to Poland's medal run, after Anita Wlodarczyk won a historic third straight Olympic gold in the women's hammer on Tuesday and Malwina Kopron took the bronze. ![]() He added he planned to spend next year chasing Yuriy Sedykh's 35-year-old world record of 86.74. Now I am an Olympic medalist, my mind will be free." "Everyone knows what happened in London and Rio but now everything has changed. "For me this bronze medal is like a gold," he said. With the year's best throw of 82.98 meters and the last four World Championships titles, Fajdek had seemed an obvious frontrunner in Tokyo.īut his two previous Olympics were memorable for all the wrong reasons, as he failed to make it past qualifying in London 2012 after fouling his first three throws and had a best throw of 72 meters in Rio 2016.Īfter four underwhelming attempts on Wednesday, he produced enough power for the podium with 81.53. "I had a feeling I could throw 80 today, but I had no idea I had 81 and a half in me." Norway's Eivind Henriksen produced a national record 81.58m for silver, a performance that rendered him "just shocked." "I didn’t expect to win but I was very well prepared," said Nowicki, who added that it was "a dream" to share the podium with his compatriot. ![]()
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