2009 World Championships in Athletics record. Britain's Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon title with a world-leading points score of 6731. In the men's hammer throw, the Olympic champion Primož Kozmus of Slovenia, pulled off the win with a throw of 80.84m, which is a seasonal best. Szymon Ziółkowski of Poland achieved a result of 79.30m earning him a silver medal and the Russian athlete Aleksey Zagornyi earned third place with a throw of 78.09m. In the men's 10,000 m final, Kenenisa Bekele won with a time of 26:43:31, which is a Championship record. Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea earned the silver medal with a time of
Croatia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics to second and third respectively, and thus successfully defending her world title. She celebrated the victory in an emotional way, saying later that winning the gold medal was "one of the hardest things I have done in my career", and was "not comparable with Osaka". Sandra Perković was, at age 19, the youngest discus thrower at the championships, including the qualifiers. Less than a month prior, she had won a gold medal at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships with a throw of 62.44 m, meeting the A standard, and breaking the national record held by her national team colleague