Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk saved her energy in the stifling heat on Sunday as she threw the hammer past the qualification mark in one go, on course to potentially become the first woman to win an individual Olympic athletics event three times in a row.
Wlodarczyk, who holds the world and Olympic record in the sport, has four world championship golds and in 2015 became the first woman to send the hammer past the 80-metre mark.The 35-year-old needed just one spin and haul, of the permitted three, to go past the automatic qualifying mark of 73.50 metres at the Tokyo Games.
China's hammer thrower Wang Zheng finished second in the overall standings with 74.29, while American Brooke Anderson and Alexandra Tavernier of France were also among the five athletes who made it past the qualification mark for Tuesday's final.
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