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A stone throw event, similar to the shot put, was also contested for the first and only time at an Olympic event. Athletes were allowed to throw rather than put the implement, which weighed 14 pounds (6.35 kg). Nikolaos Georgantas won the event for the host nation, while Sheridan (filling in for his absent team mate, Jim Mitchel) placed second.
USA Track and Field Junior Olympic Championships Lawrence, United States 16 years, 179 days [40] Triple jump: 13.71 m (44 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) (+1.4 m/s) Brittany Daniels: 27 June 2004 College Station, Texas, United States 16 years, 279 days Shot put (3 kg) 18.31 m (60 ft 3 ⁄ 4 in) Alyssa Wilson: 5 June 2016 Monmouth University Shot Put Meeting
In 1997 the Connecticut State Police was at the center of Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland’s Geargate scandal [7] Surplus military equipment intended for the State Police was diverted by Rowland and close associates for their personal use. Equipment and apparel including sleeping bags, camouflage jackets, helmets, and a bayonet made their ...
Crouser’s assessment of the gap between American shot putters and the rest of the world proved to be pretty darn accurate. For the third straight Olympics, the U.S. put two men on the podium in ...
When Northrup put the shot 64-5.75 at Cicero-North Syracuse High, it gave him the Division 1 or large public schools state title, in addition to a piece of the highly respected Section V record ...
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
When the 31-year-old American steps into the Stade de France ring in Saturday’s Olympic shot put final, it will be the ultimate test of a season he never would have predicted, one that has ...
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the shot—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival (1896), and women's competition began in 1948 .