Video: DeAnna Price On New American Hammer Record 256-3 (78.12)

At the USATF Champs, in the latest salvo in a season of back-and-forth record-setting by U.S. women, Price raised Gwen Berry’s 3-week-old U.S. standard by 13 inches (34cm) to 256-3 (78.12) with her fifth-round effort.

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