Athletics: Ethan Katzberg (CAN) wins men’s hammer throw
We’re into the final round of throws in the men’s hammer throw final now.
World champion Ethan Katzberg of Canada leads with a mammoth 84.12m first-round effort, which came within 0.68m of the Olympic record that stands from 1988!
No one else is close, with Bence Halász of Hungary sitting in second on 79.97m and Mykhaylo Kokhan of Ukraine on 79.39 in third.
Can anyone shake that up in this final round?
None of the men in fifth to eighth can. So Norway’s Eivind Henriksen is up next as the only man who can knock one of the top three out of the medals. But that effort is well short, and our top three is set.
Kokhan gets his effort close to the 80m line but that doesn’t look like an improvement. So we’re down to two.
That looks like it’s right around 80m or so for the Hungarian Halász, perhaps. He will walk away with silver on his birthday, with no improvement.
So our world champion is also the Olympic champion. Can Katzberg improve on his best mark?
The Stade de France claps as one for the Canadian. That’s well over the 80m mark but won’t be an improvement, it doesn’t matter, he is the gold medallist! He runs over to celebrate with his coaches, giving one of them a big bear hug as he punches the air.