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Wlodarczyk’s Olympic reward

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Anita Wlodarczyk will be honoured once more for her brilliant 2015 by receiving the annual main award of the Polish Olympic committee for the third time in her career and the second year in a row.

And it poses an exciting question as the clock ticks towards what will be a thrilling summer for track and field.

It is...if she wins that award for a fourth occasion in 12 months time, just where will the hammer world record stand?

Wlodarczyk, 30, wrote herself into history in August when she became the first woman to break 80m with her 81.08m in Cetniewo and then she proceeded to regain the world title with a championship record of 80.85m in Beijing.

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The gold medallist at the last two European Athletics Championships – she won in Zurich in 2014 with an championship record of 78.76m - her evolution makes interesting reading and the reason why 2016 could be another great 12 months.

In the past three years, Wlodarczyk has progressed with her personal best, from 78.46m in 2013 to 79.58m in 2014 and then her amazing record last summer.

Breaking a barrier is always the toughest bit. Now, she will look to extend that 81.08m even further and it will only drive her rivals on to chase 80m.

She has never won the Olympic title – she took silver in London – and if she wins gold in Rio it will be with a difference as the women’s hammer final is scheduled as a morning event, the competition starting at 10:40am local time, on what could be a glorious afternoon in Europe.

Wlodarczyk, who also won this Polish Olympic title in 2009, will receive the award at a special function on Monday when Czeslaw Cybulski will be handed the coach award after helping guide Pawel Fajdek to the male hammer gold medal in Beijing.




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