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2 times Olympic Gold Medalist Yuriy Sedykh passes away

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He set the world record for the hammer throw with a throw of 86.74 metres at the European Championships in Stuttgart in 1986 which is still not broken.
He won his first gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and his second gold at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh was a Russian track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union until 1991, specialising in the hammer throw. He was a World and Olympic Champion and holds the world record with a throw of 86.74 m.
Born: 11 June 1955, Novocherkassk, Russia
Died: 14 September 2021