Pole wins world hammer throw title

Fajdek's winning throw checked in at 81.98 metres; Nowicki threw 81.03 metres. Robert Ghement/PAP/EPA

Poland's Paweł Fajdek is the new hammer throw world champion after winning gold at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, while another Pole, Wojciech Nowicki, came away with a silver medal.

Fajdek's winning throw checked in at 81.98 metres; Nowicki threw 81.03 metres.

Third was Norwegian Eivind Henriksen.

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