Tearful Sophie Hitchon admits she expected better after seventh-placed finish in hammer

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Nick Mashiter7 August 2017

A tearful Sophie Hitchon admits she blew her big chance after her hammer failure.

The 25-year-old, who won bronze at the Rio Olmypics last year, could only finish seventh in London.

It left her in tears on the field after she was expected to challenge for a medal on another sobering night for British hopes.

Hitchon threw 72.32 metres but was over five metres behind the winner - Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk - and admitted she should have done better.

She said: "I felt like I was in better shape and if i had the rhythm I had in qualification you don't know what could have happened.

"Of course I am (going to beat myself up about the result), that's part of my personality. Maybe it comes out in me a little more and some athletes do better to hide it but I'm just really disappointed."

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