In "Beijing 2008--The Official Mobile Phone Game of the Olympic Games, " players compete as Olympic athletes in the hammer throw, table tennis and swimming.

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But nor am I a regular fan of bobsledding, field hockey, rowing, hammer throw, or, for that matter, gymnastics or Alpine skiing or the 100 meter dash or swimming.

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The women's hammer throw gold, meanwhile, went to Russia's Tatyana Lysenko, while France's Renaud Lavillenie narrowly bested a pair of competitors from Germany to win gold in the men's pole vault.

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Rhondda's Carys Parry broke the first Championship record of the day in the hammer with a throw of 63.09.

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In other events, Slovenia's Olympic champion Primoz Kozmus won the men's hammer title with a throw of 80.84 meters.

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