Two-time reigning women's shot put world champion Chase Jackson unleashed a world-best effort for the year with a distance of 20.95 meters to win the Iron Wood Classic on Saturday. Jackson is a ...

What shot-put shots are best for men, women and kids? The shot put has been an Olympic track and field event since Athens, Greece, in 1896. The shot is a heavy metal ball about the size of a ...

The shot put weight for girls in high school is 8.8 pounds while the weight for boys is 12 pounds in high school The typical weight for girls in middle school (7th and 8th grade) is six pounds.

Her shoes were on time. So was Claire O’Brien. The Ford junior won a second consecutive Division 1 regional shot put championship when she threw 34 feet, 4 inches at Romeo on Friday.

I'll want to do some meets and throw it a little bit, but shot is where I'm going to hang my shoes up in '28." And he'll take Larry Crouser with him to L.A., too.

Mya Lesnar won the NCAA shot put outdoor national title with a distance of 19.01 meters. Isaac Wasserman/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Kalan Hooks Jun 13, 2025, 05:31 PM ET ...

Ackerman has made his mark on Nebraska shot-put history this season. In April, he broke the Class A state record with a throw of 65 feet and four inches, shattering a 42-year-old mark set by ...

Not only did Long become Olympic champion at the Tokyo 1964 Games but between 1962 and 1964 he set four world records, furthering the distance in the shot put from 20.08m to 20.68m.

In May 2021, at the USATF Throws Fest in Arizona, Ryan put a shot 23.01 meters, .05 meters short of the record. The next month, U.S. Olympic trials were in Eugene. Larry’s health was declining.

Olympic gold medalist Ryan Crouser showed off the difference between the hand he uses for shot put and the one he doesn’t in an Aug. 5 interview, noting that one is much larger than the other ...

Shot-put shots come in different diameters Generally speaking, the larger the better, because when a shot is too small, you’re likely to throw it like a ball rather than use the proper technique.