 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hammond akakwikwidza mukusvetuka kure kwavakadzimumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing. Akaita kusvetuka kwakanaka kwazvo kwemamita 6.60 mukuedza kwake kwekutanga, kunyangwe akange agamuchira kukanganisa kaviri mumutambo wese wekukodzera. Kunyange zvazvo asina kusvika pachinangwa chakamanikidzwa chemamita 6.75, Hammond akaenderera mberi kusvika kumakwikwi ekupedzisira zvichienderana nekuita kwake, achiisa gumi nemaviri kubva kune vatambi makumi mana nevaviri muchiitiko ichi. Hammond, zvisinei, akazosimudzirwa kunzvimbo yegumi neimwe, apo Lyudmila Blonska wekuUkraine akarambidzwa mumakwikwi mushure mekuongororwa kwakanaka kwechinhu chakarambidzwa. Nemhaka yechimwe chinhu chikuru, akabatanidzwa naBlessing Okagbare wokuNigeria, uyo akapedza ari shure kwake mumakwikwi ose nemusiyano wemamita chete. Mazuva maviri gare gare, Hammond akakwikwidza nevamwe vatambi gumi nerimwe, kusanganisira wekuBrazil Maurren Maggi uye wekuRussia Tatyana Lebedeva, mumutambo wekupedzisira wemakwikwi. Akasvetuka pakuedza kwake kwekutanga, aine huwandu hwepamusoro hwemamita 6.71, kusvikira Okagbare awedzera chiratidzo chake nemamita gumi nemaviri 6.91 metres kuti atore menduru yebronze. Hammond akarasikirwa nepodiyamu, achiisa chechina zvachose muchiitiko ichi. 