2009 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Hammer Throw
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2009 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Hammer Throw
The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22. Medalists Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Records Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows. The following records were set during this competition. Qualification standards Schedule Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place Final Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, WR = World record See also * 2009 Hammer Throw Year Ranking References ;General hammerthrow.wz;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 World Championships In Athletics - Women's Hammer Throw Hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus ...
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Hammer Throw
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip. The size of the ball varies between men's and women's competitions. History With roots dating back to the 15th century, the contemporary version of the hammer throw is one of the oldest of Olympic Games competitions, first included at the 1900 games in Paris, France (the second Olympiad of the modern era). Its history since the late 1960s and legacy prior to inclusion in the Olympics has been dominated by Europe and Eastern European influence, which has affected interest in the event in other parts of the world. The hammer evolved from its early informal origins to become part of the Scottish Highland games in the late 18th century, where the original version of the event is sti ...
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Marwa Hussein
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She failed a drug test at a competition in August 2010 and was banned from the sport for two years.IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119
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Jennifer Dahlgren
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List Of South American Records In Athletics
South American records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the CONSUDATLE. The organisation is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing that the correct measures are in place (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark. Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route ''En route'' may refer to: * ''En Route'' (novel), an 1895 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans * ''En Route'' (film), a 2004 German movie directed by Jan Krüger * En-route chart, in aeronautics * enRoute (credit card), Air Canada's credit card divisi ... to longer distance h = hand timing NWI = no wind reading at = automatic timing X = unratified due to doping violation A = affected by altitude a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 # = not officially ratified by CONSUDATLE and IAAF Men Women Mixed Indoor Men ...
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Yipsi Moreno
Yipsi Moreno González (born November 19, 1980, in Camagüey) is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a triple world champion and Olympic gold medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder. In 2016, after the 2008 Olympic gold medallist Belarus athlete Aksana Miankova received a disqualification by IAAF, Moreno ostensibly became Olympic hammer throw champion for Cuba in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Early life and education At the age of 11, she was recruited by the Cerro Pelado Sports School in her hometown, where she started practicing shot put and discus throw. Hammer throw was not a regular women's event at the time, but following its introduction in Cuba in 1993, she eventually concentrated on this event and she earned a place on the national junior team in 1996. Athletics career 1997–2000 In 1997, Moreno won the Pan American Junior Championships in Havana with a throw of 55.74 metres, improving the two-year-old championship reco ...
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Zhang Wenxiu
Zhang Wenxiu (, born 22 March 1986 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese female hammer thrower. Career She won the 2005 Asian Championships and 2006 Asian Games. She finished tenth at the 2001 World Championships, seventh at the 2004 Olympics, fifth at the 2005 World Championships and fourth at the 2006 World Cup. She then won bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games. She also holds the world junior record with 73.24 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Changsha. At 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, she originally won the gold medal but was stripped of it after testing positive for the prohibited substance zeranol. Zhang was reinstated after successfully appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which accepted her explanation that the zeranol came from contaminated food. Achievements See also *China at the World Championships in Athletics The People's Republic of China (PRC) first competed at the IAAF World Championsh ...
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