WORLD RECORD RATIFIED

PRESS RELEASE World records ratified

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The following world records have recently been ratified... Men Decathlon: 9045 Ashton Eaton (USA) Beijing, CHN 28-29 Aug 2015 [10.23 (-0.4), 7.88m (0.0), 14.52m, 2.01m, 45.00 WDB, 13.69 (-0.2), 43.34m, 5.20m, 63.63m, 4:17.52] Previous best: 9039 Ashton Eaton (USA) Eugene, USA 22-23 Jun 2012 [10.21 (0.4), 8.23m (0.8), 14.20m, 2.05m, 46.70, 13.70 (-0.8), 42.81m, 5.30m, 58.87m, 4:14.48] Women Hammer throw: 81.08m Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) Cetniewo, POL 1 Aug 2015 Previous best: 79.58m Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) Berlin, GER 31 Aug 2014