(UPDATES with results of appeal)
Russia’s Tatyana Lysenko added Olympic hammer gold to her world title Friday, nailing the Olympic record with a huge throw.
Lysenko threw the hammer 78 meters 28 centimeters, breaking Aksana Miankova’s record from the Beijing Olympics by almost two meters.
Second place went to Poland’s former world champion Anita Wlodarczyk, who also broke the old Olympic record with a 77.60 meter throw on her last attempt.
China's Zhang Wenxui was originally awarded second bronze in successive Olympics with 76.34 meters, but Germany’s Betty Heidler took the medal in dramatic circumstances after successfully appealing the measurement of her fifth throw.
The recalculated throw, originally measured well short of the final ruling of 77.13 meters, elevated Heidler from eighth to third.
Heidler's world record of 79.42 meters was left untouched.
