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Anita Wlodarczyk

Anita Wlodarczyk

August 10, 2016

Women's Olympic Hammer Preview: Will World Record Holder Anita Wlodarczyk Win Two Gold Medals In 1 Competition?

The WR holder Wlodarczyk could have two gold medals to her name if Russian 2012 champ Tatyana Beloborodova is banned after she came up positive in London 2012 retests.
November 27, 2015

Ashton Eaton And Genzebe Dibaba Crowned 2015 IAAF World Athletes Of The Year

Some nice quotable sentiments from Eaton and Dibaba announced she's going for the world indoor mile record in Stockholm on February 17th. *A Closer Look At The AOY Men's Finalists Eaton beat out Usain Bolt and Christian Taylor. *Closer Look At Women's AOY Finalists Dibaba beats Dafne Schippers and Anita Wlodarczyk.
August 27, 2015

Day 6 Recap: Bolt Beats Gatlin (Again) in 200, Christian Taylor Scares the World Record and Allyson Felix Reigns Supreme

Team USA has struggled at these championships but Thursday night went very well for the Americans as Taylor (triple jump) and Felix (400) earned the U.S.'s 2nd and 3rd golds of the championships in impressive fashion -- an 18.21 jump (#2 all-time) by Taylor and a 49.26-second run for Felix (PB). Justin Gatlin couldn't complete a perfect night, which is understandable as he once again lost to the incomparable Usain Bolt (19.55 to 19.74) and had to settle for silver.

August 04, 2015

Week That Was: Caster Semenya On Her Way Back, Katie Mackey Diamond League Champ, Hammer WR, And Tokyo Logo Revealed

Caster Semenya appears to be on the way back, the Brooks Beasts now have one more Diamond League win by Americans than the Nike Oregon Project and Bowerman Track Club combined, and the USA dominated World Juniors. Plus if you missed it, we've got links to the Kenyan champs and Stockholm, and we don't know what to say about the doping report yet.

January 13, 2015

Vote for LetsRun.com's 2014 Awards: Runners of the year, best record-breaking performance, the race of the year, moment and unusual moment of the year

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