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Belarus takes hammer

Posted by Greg Lee, Globe Staff August 20, 2008 08:53 AM

Aksana Miankova, a tall, slender athlete from Belarus took the women's hammer throw with an Olympic record throw of 76.34 meters to capture the gold medal over Cuba's Yipsi Moreno (75.20) and China's Wenxiu Zhang (74.32).

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