Smashing! Poland's Wlodarczyk breaks her own hammer throw world record

Published Aug. 1, 2015 8:29 p.m. ET

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Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland has bettered her own hammer throw world record with a distance of 81.08 meters at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Throws Festival in Cetniewo.

After opening with a foul Saturday, Wlodarczyk became the first woman to throw beyond 80 meters when she added 1.5 meters to her own world record of 79.58 set last year at the ISTAF athletics meet in Berlin.

After breaking the world record in the second-round of the competition, Wlodarczyk regained completed a consistent series with throws of 79.07, 78.53, 76.61 and 77.83 to win the competition. Alexandra Tavernier of France finished second with 73.33 meters.

Wlodarczyk won gold at the 2009 world championships before finishing second at the London Olympics in 2012 and the 2013 worlds.