MOSCOW, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- London Olympics champion Tatyana Lysenko of Russia broke the Championships record in the women's hammer throw final at the 2013 IAAF worlds here on Friday.

Lysenko threw a personal best and also world leading mark of 78. 80 meters in the fourth round to lead the final, bettering the former CR of 77.96m set by Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk in the Berlin worlds in 2009.