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Gong Lijiao (Chinese: 巩立姣; pinyin: Gǒng Lìjiāo; born 24 January 1989) is a Chinese Olympic shot putter and the 2020 Olympic champion in that event. A five-time Olympic player and a three-time Olympic medalist, she holds a record eight medals at the World Athletics Championships, including two World titles.
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.
On the very first throw of the competition, she popped a 20.49 m (67 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). Double defending champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Gong Lijiao threw 19.77 m to settle into second place, with Auriol Dongmo at 19.44 m and Gong's Chinese teammate Song Jiayuan at 19.21 m being the only other ones past 19 metres.
These women's distances were achieved with a 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) shot put. As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 50 world records in the event. [ 1 ]
The 6-foot7, 320-pound Crouser put his hands out side by side on Aug. 5 as he showed Criag Melvin, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Savannah Guthrie the difference in size between them. "Shot put hand and ...
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]
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.
The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29. The winning margin was 1.22 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by more than 1.2 metres at these championships.