Wlodarczyk asserts her dominance in hammer throw

Bengaluru, September 5: World and Olympic hammer throw champion Anita Wlodarczyk continued her dominance in the sport by topping the end of the eason standings.

The Poland ace was unbeaten throughout the season for the third year in a row.

Six of her 12 victories this year came in Hammer Throw Challenge meetings and her three best winning marks - 79.72m in Ostrava, 78.00m in Sao Bernardo do Campo and 77.90m at the IAAF World Championships London 2017 - contributed to her overall score, according to an IAAF release.

Poland's @AnitaWlodarczyk and Pawel Fajdek are confirmed as the winners of the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge: https://t.co/e6mnjQbuyS pic.twitter.com/27CWaPXOnw

— IAAF (@iaaforg) September 4, 2017

The scoring system takes each athlete's three best marks from the series and equates metres to points.

Prize money is awarded to the top 12 finishers at the end of the challenge.

The athlete with the highest score takes home a purse of $30,000.

World silver medallist Wang Zheng placed second overall in the challenge standings with 225.77 and Azerbaijan's Hanna Skydan was third with 221.75.

It was double delight for Poland as in the men's section Anita's compatriot Pawel Fajdek took the honours.

Fajdek, the three-time champion broke his own record score in the Hammer Throw Challenge.

His tally of 248.48 comprised marks of 83.44M in Ostrava, 82.64M in Szekesfehervar and 82.40M in Turku.

Fajdek's compatriot Wojciech Nowicki finished second in the challenge standings. The world and Olympic bronze medallist scored 236.32 to finish comfortably ahead of Olympic champion Dilshod Nazarov.

(With IAAF inputs).