Faydek Throws 80.88m to win hammer throw gold

Poland's Pawel Faydek successfully defended his hammer throw world championships title on Sunday night at the IAAF World Athletics Championships In Beijing.

The 26-year-old Poll in third round took the lead with a throw of 80.64. In the next round Faydek improved his lead by throwing 80.88m. 

Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan took silver with a 78.55m, while Poland's Wojciech Nowicki surprisingly took bronze medal with a mark of  78.55m.

Men's Hammer Throw Final Results

OS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Attempt 4	Attempt 5	Attempt 6
1	Pawel Fajdek	POL	80.88	76.40	X	80.64	80.88	79.34	78.29
2	Dilshod Nazarov	TJK	78.55	76.83	77.61	76.17	78.06	78.55	76.60
3	Wojciech Nowicki	POL	78.55	76.14	76.73	77.20	X	75.80	78.55
4	Krisztián Pars	HUN	77.32	76.33	75.98	77.32	X	76.40	77.05
5	Sergej Litvinov	RUS	77.24	70.75	77.09	77.24	X	77.04	X
6	David Söderberg	FIN	76.92	76.92	74.75	75.70	75.48	75.32	75.19
7	Mostafa Elgamel	EGY	76.81	74.70	76.25	76.81	X	X	75.77
8	Marcel Lomnický	SVK	75.79	73.71	74.36	75.62	75.79	75.72	74.82