World Athletics Championship: DeAnna Price becomes first American woman to win hammer world title
Price is coached by her husband James Lambert and she had managed to reach the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World Championships finals.
DeAnna Price , World Athletics Championship, Moldovan Zalina Petrivskaya
Doha: DeAnna Price has become the first American woman to win the women's hammer competition in the World Athletics Championship.
"It feels absolutely amazing. This was the best timing to improve the personal record," IAAF's official website quoted Price as saying.
She achieved the feat on Saturday. She threw 77.54 metres with her third attempt to win the gold medal while Poland's Joanna Fiodorow secured silver with 76.35m throw.
Last Updated : Sep 29, 2019, 11:21 AM IST