A delighted Tatyana Lysenko celebrates with the Russian flag after the successful defense of her
Hammer title at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow.
In October 2016 , she was stripped of her 2012 Olympic gold medal.
| 1 |
Tatyana LYSENKO |
RUS
|
78.80 |
CR |
| 2 |
Anita WLODARCZYK
|
POL |
78.46 |
NR |
| 3 |
Wenxiu ZHANG |
CHN |
75.58 |
SB |
| 4 |
Zheng WANG |
CHN |
74.90 |
PB |
| 5 |
Anna BULGAKOVA |
RUS |
74.62 |
|
| 6 |
Yipsi MORENO |
CUB |
74.16
|
SB |
| 7 |
Oksana KONDRATEVA
|
RUS |
72.76 |
|
| 8 |
Éva ORBÁN |
HUN |
72.70 |
|
HOWEVER: IN APRIL 2016 SHE WAS SUSPENDED FOR DOPING.
SHE HAD ALREADY SERVED A TWO YEAR BAN FOR DOPING FROM JULY 2007
TO JULY 2009 AND HAD HER WORLD RECORD STRUCK OFF.
THE BAN 2016 WAS IMPOSED AFTER HER SAMPLE GIVEN AT THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS
WAS FOUND TO BE SUSPICIOUS. NO RUSSIAN ATHLETES WERE ALLOWED TO COMPETE
AT THE 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES BECAUSE OF THEIR COLLECTIVE DRUG USE.