The United States has enjoyed its fair share of success in the shot put at recent Olympics and looks to build on those accomplishments in The U. Will Crouser and Kovacs have a repeat of their previous Olympic success, and will a new woman rise to dominate the shot put event for the Americans? The Olympic shot put event in will feature a qualifying round and final for both men and women.
All athletes will be required to meet the qualifying standard set by World Athletics to earn a spot in the final. Athletes are divided into two groups A and B and given three attempts to meet the qualifying standard with the best attempt counting.
The athletes that meet the standard will automatically reach the final round. If fewer than 12 athletes hit the qualifying round mark, the next highest-ranked athletes will advance to the final. The final will consist of six rounds.
After each athlete has thrown the shot three times, the lowest-ranked athletes usually four or more depending on if more than 12 athletes make the final are eliminated from the competition. The remaining eight competitors will have three more attempts. If the competitors are tied at the end of those three attempts, the next best attempt will be declared the winner.
A shot is a metal ball that weighs 16 pounds for men and 8. The goal of the throwers is to put the shot as far as possible from the seven-foot diameter circle at the front. Olympic Trials in June. Only two shot put world records have been set in the Olympics, both by Americans, and Crouser has a strong chance to be the next. While Lisovskaya holds the world record, Ilona Slupianek set the Olympic record in the first round of the Moscow Games with a 73 foot, 7.
Ryan Crouser enters the Tokyo Games looking to defend his shot put Olympic title. Crouser will make his second Olympic appearance after winning gold in He won a silver medal at the world championships behind Joe Kovacs in one of the greatest shot put competitions ever. Crouser comes from a family of throwers, including his father Mitch, who was a discus alternate on the U.
Olympic team and his cousin Sam, who competed in javelin at the Rio Games. Kovacs is a two-time world champion that ranks second in the world behind Crouser. Kovacs took home the silver medal at the Rio Games and also placed second at the U.
Olympic Trials with a 73 foot, 3. The Powell, Ohio, native was the world champion and won the silver medal at the world championships, ahead of Crouser.
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