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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 Olympic record for the women's event was set by the East German Ilona Slupianek with a put of 22.41 m (73 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in 1980, and the record for the men's event of 23.30 m (76 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) was set by the American Ryan Crouser in 2021.
For the women's shot put event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 18.80 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [6] [7]
Raven "Hulk" Saunders (born May 15, 1996) is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put.They were the silver medalist in women's shot put at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, throwing a distance of 19.79 m (64 ft 11 in). [2]
On 13 August 2012, IOC announced that Nadzeya Ostapchuk had tested positive for metenolone both before and after winning the shot put event. [4] She was formally expelled from the games and her victory and medal removed from the records.
Chase Foster Jackson OLY (née Ealey; born July 20, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus throw.She won the gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in women's shot put, [2] [3] which made her the first American woman to win a shot put world title at the World Athletics Championships.
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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 .