Mostafa Elgamel of Egypt competes in the men's hammer throw final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 23, 2015 (Reuters)
Mostafa Elgamal, Egyptian representative in Hammer Throw finals at the World Championships in China has finished seventh with a 76.81 throw.
Pawel Fajdek of Poland claimed the gold medal with a 80.88 throw to retain his world title. Both Dilshod Nazarov and Fajdek's compatriot Wojciech Nowicki had throws of 78.55 with the Tajik taking the silver medal because his second best throw was better than the Pole's.
The 27-year-old athlete Elgamal was not on his peek failing to break his personal best throw 81.27, which he made in Cairo last year.
Best Hammer Throw of all time remains 86.74 made by Yuriy Sedykh of the USSR in 1986.
Elgamal's fellow citizen Mostafa Amr missed out on the shot put final in his first participation in the World Championships after finishing 18th among 28 athletes in Beijing on Sunday.
The last hope for the Egyptian delegation to win their first ever athletics world medal, Ehab Abdel-Rahman, will compete in Javelin throw qualifications group stage Monday.
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