2. Women’s Hammer Throw/Anita Wlodarczyk
There are a few things constant in life: death, taxes and Anita Wlodarczyk breaking her own World Record (WR). Okay maybe we are being too cheeky, but we’re sure you get the point.
It just goes to show how much Wlodarczyk has taken it upon herself to step out of the norm, pushing herself to the maximum and further raising the bar in the Hammer throw.
Her dominance is such that she has set nothing less than six WRs in her career, and it only looks like a matter of time before the next WR comes in like a regular monthly salary. In fact, she owns all of the Top 10 marks in the world in 2016. Talk about being one-sided!
Wlodarczyk successfully claimed the Olympic title in Rio, and had to do it with a then WR mark of 82.29m. Just 13 days after, she felt the need to improve that mark, going on to set a new one of 82.98m at the Skolimowska Memorial in her homeland, just a little shy of 83m.
The Polish thrower had an outstanding 2016, which saw her make the Top 3 list of the Female Athlete of the Year Award. It’s hard not to recognize the excitement she brings to a field event that is gradually gaining popularity.
If she could throw 82.98m in 2016, then be rest assured that a distance over 83m beckons in 2017.
Do you know that Wlodarczyk is the first woman in history to throw the Hammer over 80m, and currently holds 9 of the all-time best marks in the event?
