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She is a three-time NCAA shot put champion from the University of Nebraska in the late 1990s. In the early 1990s, Thompson won several high school shot put state titles. In 2000, she placed second at the USA Indoor shot put competition.
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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 .
Sarah Dawn Mitton (born 20 June 1996) is a Canadian athlete specializing in the shot put. [1] She is the 2023 World silver medallist and 2024 World Indoor champion, the first Canadian woman to medal in the shot put at either World Athletics global championship.
Video on YouTube Official Video @1:03:30. The women's shot put was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The event was also known at the time as putting the weight.Abrahams, Harold (1956). The Olympic Games Book. p. 144. The qualification round mark was set on 13.00 metres. Three athletes didn't pass that distance in the ...
Crouser spends an entire year of training to peak for around 10 days, timed around major meets, so such a big throw, so early in the schedule, could bode well for big things leading into July’s ...
Michelle Denee Carter (born October 12, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in shot put.She won a gold medal in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making her the first American woman to win Olympic gold in shot put and only the second to win a medal of any color. [3]
The women's shot put event was, for the first time, part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 4 August 1948. The final was won by Micheline Ostermeyer of France. [1] Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition: