Brooke Andersen won gold in the hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, giving hosts USA the next gold.
The 26-year-old Olympic tenth in Tokyo prevailed on Sunday afternoon (local time) with 78.96 m ahead of Canadian Camryn Rogers (75.52).
Bronze also went to the USA through Janee Kassanavoid (74.86), who had already won titles on the opening day through 100m sprinter Fred Kerley and shot putter Chase Ealey. The German champion Samantha Borutta (Frankfurt) was eliminated in the qualification.
DeAnna Price (USA), World Champion 2019 in Doha, canceled her start at the home World Cup due to a lack of training. The most successful hammer thrower in history was also missing: World record holder Anita Wlodarczyk from Poland, who won in 2015 and 2017, sustained an injury while chasing a car thief.
