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On March 30, 1934 Lyman set two unofficial world records with non-standard shots, throwing a 24-pound shot 12.38 m (40 ft 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) and an 8-pound shot 21.53 m (70 ft 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in). [10] On April 14 he reached 16.30 m (53 ft 6 in) with the standard 16-pound shot, breaking the official world record of František Douda and equaling an ...
Between 1905 and 1907, Coe set world records in the 8-, 12-, and 16-pound shot put events. As a member of the Michigan Wolverines men's track and field team, he won the 1906 national intercollegiate championship in the shot put and placed second in the discus. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, he finished fourth in the shot put ...
During the first night of the US Olympic Track and Field Trials, Crouser shattered a shot put world record by launching his first attempt 23.37 meters. He threw a 16-pound shot roughly ...
Carter is married and has three children; D'Andra, Michelle (an Olympic athlete and gold medalist), and Michael Jr. Michelle was the 2005 and 2006 NCAA indoor shot put champion, and won the 2016 gold medal at the Rio Olympics on the last of her six throws, edging two-time defending champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand. [5]
Inside the barn’s 7-foot diameter shot-put ring, Crouser shifted where he started his spin a little farther to the right. It made his first step wider and added a new step into his approach.
He then turned 180 degrees, using the spin to generate momentum and help him throw the shot greater distances. [5] Using this method he was able to break the world record in the shot put 17 times, becoming the first man to put the 16-pound shot more than 60 feet, and winning 116 consecutive meets in the shot put.
On Day 1 of U.S. Olympic Trials, he heaved the massive medal sphere 76 feet, 8 1/4 inches (23.37 meters) to put his name in the record book and punch his ticket for Tokyo, where he'll have a ...
Fonville, who handled the 16-pound (7.3 kg) shot like the average citizen does a baseball, might have been the greatest in the history of the event. Tall, powerful and perfectly co-ordinated, he was becoming the idol of weight fans throughout the nation. He destroyed the lingering notion that a good shot put man had to resemble a two-legged hippo.