BEIJING, August 18) -- Aksana Miankova of Belarus has won the Women's Hammer Throw gold medal in a new Olympic record of 76.34 meters in the Women's Hammer Throw at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Miankova's best throw put her well ahead of Athens 2004 silver medalist Yipsi Moreno of Cuba, who threw 75.20m, and China's Wenxiu Zhang, who threw a season best of 74.32m to claim bronze.
