![]() At this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, Price will be favored to become the first American woman to ever win a hammer throw medal, and it’s certainly possible that she will be joined on the podium by Anderson and/or Berry. has never finished better than sixth in women’s hammer, an event that debuted at the 2000 Sydney Games. Price, Anderson, and Berry currently rank first, second, and third in the world in 2021. Her world record – 82.98 meters – has stood since 2016.īrooke Andersen finished second (77.72m) and Gwen Berry placed third (73.50) to round out the U.S. Włodarczyk, who was coming back from knee surgery when Price won her 2019 world title, has hit the 80-meter mark seven times in her career (most recently in 2017). The other woman to achieve that feat is two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland. ALSO FROM ON HER TURF: After positive marijuana test, Sha’Carri Richardson could still compete at Tokyo Olympics With that mark, she became the second woman to ever throw over 80 meters. She broke her own American record on her third attempt (79.98 meters), and then broke it again on her fifth throw (80.31). On her first throw of the final, she improved her own Olympic Trials record (77.82 meters). ![]() (The outlier – her fourth throw – was a foul.) ![]() Of Price’s six attempts in the women’s hammer final, five would have been good enough for first place. Olympic Track & Field Trials on Saturday afternoon. DeAnna Price only needed one good throw to make her second Olympic team, but Price – the 2019 hammer throw world champion – went above and beyond at U.S. ![]()
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