Yuriy Sedykh, Hammer World Record Holder, Dies at 66

In this file photo, Yuriy Sedykh prepares to throw the hammer to win the gold medal and set new world and Olympic records at the Moscow Olympics, on July 31, 1980. AP Photo

MOSCOW—Yuriy Sedykh, a two-time Olympic champion in the hammer throw whose world record from 1986 still stands, has died. He was 66.

The Russian track and field federation said Sedykh died early Tuesday following a heart attack.