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Do I hear a hammer incoming? Hahaha. Well done Sophie Hitchon who won bronze in the women's hammer throw. I loved it!
Sophie Hitchon became the first British woman to win an Olympic hammer medal by taking bronze, as Pole Anita Wlodarczyk set a new world record to claim gold.
Hitchon threw a new British record of 74.54m on her final attempt to climb from fifth to third.
World champion Wlodarczyk, 31, threw 82.29m to break her own world record of 81.08m, while China's Zhang Wenxiu took the silver medal with 76.75m.
"I am over the moon," said Hitchon, 25. "I can't believe it."
Burnley's Hitchon, who finished fourth at the World Championships in Beijing last year, was in the bronze-medal position until the fourth round but fifth before her final throw.
When Moldova's Zalina Marghieva and Germany's Betty Heidler failed to improve, Hitchon took full advantage.
"You never know in hammer," added Hitchon, who was a ballet dancer for 10 years until the age of 14.
"The girls are all throwing really well. I didn't expect that I would hold third, I just wanted to throw further.
"It was just incredible to see the number three there and a national record, I couldn't be happier."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/370877
Folks some that we have missed.
Jason Kenny took gold in the men's sprint final. Well done Jason, we were all concentrating on the team event, which you won gold in.
Of course in the same event our very own Callum Skinner won silver, great stuff mate! It was amazing to see the Union Jack on two place at the podium hahah.
Jason Kenny cemented his status as the chairman of the velodrome boards by winning the men’s sprint final in Rio. In an all-British affair, he needed just two of three races to beat his comparatively inexperienced friend and British team‑mate Callum Skinner to win his second gold medal of these Games. Victories do not get much more comfortable and the 28-year-old mounted the top step of an Olympic podium for the fifth time in his career. In the bronze medal match, Russia’s Denis Dmitriev saw off the Australian Matthew Glaetzer to finish third.
Hahahahaha both racing each other!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37080244.app
Sophie Hitchon became the first British woman to win an Olympic hammer medal by taking bronze, as Pole Anita Wlodarczyk set a new world record to claim gold.
Hitchon threw a new British record of 74.54m on her final attempt to climb from fifth to third.
World champion Wlodarczyk, 31, threw 82.29m to break her own world record of 81.08m, while China's Zhang Wenxiu took the silver medal with 76.75m.
"I am over the moon," said Hitchon, 25. "I can't believe it."
Burnley's Hitchon, who finished fourth at the World Championships in Beijing last year, was in the bronze-medal position until the fourth round but fifth before her final throw.
When Moldova's Zalina Marghieva and Germany's Betty Heidler failed to improve, Hitchon took full advantage.
"You never know in hammer," added Hitchon, who was a ballet dancer for 10 years until the age of 14.
"The girls are all throwing really well. I didn't expect that I would hold third, I just wanted to throw further.
"It was just incredible to see the number three there and a national record, I couldn't be happier."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/370877
Folks some that we have missed.
Jason Kenny took gold in the men's sprint final. Well done Jason, we were all concentrating on the team event, which you won gold in.
Of course in the same event our very own Callum Skinner won silver, great stuff mate! It was amazing to see the Union Jack on two place at the podium hahah.
Jason Kenny cemented his status as the chairman of the velodrome boards by winning the men’s sprint final in Rio. In an all-British affair, he needed just two of three races to beat his comparatively inexperienced friend and British team‑mate Callum Skinner to win his second gold medal of these Games. Victories do not get much more comfortable and the 28-year-old mounted the top step of an Olympic podium for the fifth time in his career. In the bronze medal match, Russia’s Denis Dmitriev saw off the Australian Matthew Glaetzer to finish third.
Hahahahaha both racing each other!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37080244.app
