Double Olympic hammer gold medallist and world record-holder Yuriy Sedykh has died of a heart attack at the age of 66 ©Getty Images The Russian Athletics Federation revealed that Sedykh had died early ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — Yuriy Sedykh, a two-time Olympic champion in the hammer throw whose world record from 1986 still stands, has died. He was 66. The Russian track and field federation said Sedykh died ...

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Double Olympic champion Yuriy Sedykh, whose world record for the hammer still stands, has died at the age of 66, the European Athletics Federation announced on Tuesday.

Widely regarded as the greatest hammer thrower in history, Yuriy Sedykh has died aged 66 in France. Representing the Soviet Union, he won Olympic titles in 1976 and 1980, plus a world crown in 1991, ...

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Sept 14 (Reuters) - Yuriy Sedykh, the world hammer throw record holder and two-times Olympic champion, has died at the age of 66, World Athletics said on Tuesday. Sedykh, who competed for the Soviet ...