PARIS – Pre-event favorite Koji Murofushi threw 80.12 meters in his fifth attempt and had to settle for a bronze medal in the men’s hammer throw final at the World Championships in Paris on Monday.
It was Murofushi’s second straight World Championship medal following a silver at the 2001 meet in Canada’s Edmonton.
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