Ryan Crouser of the United States celebrates placing first and setting a new Olympic record of 22.52 in the men's shot put final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium Aug. 18, 2016 ...

The water tower in Kingsland, Ark., where a vandal shot a silhouette of native son Johnny Cash in “a very sensitive area,” making it appear as if the music legend was "peeing off a water tower ...

Otterdahl's distance of 64 feet, 4 inches won the shot put by 7 feet, and his distance of 191 feet, 4 inches won the discus by nearly 15 feet.

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.

Ryan Crouser cements shot put dominance with third consecutive Olympic gold; Joe Kovacs wins third silver. By Marcus Thompson II. Aug. 3, 2024 Updated Aug. 7, 2024.

Shot-put at the elite level is an often thankless job, with most of the suffering and little of the glory common to other professional sports. The athletes’ work is grueling, and doesn’t make ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The first-ever World Shot Put Series brought the house down Wednesday night at a packed Drake Fieldhouse. The fans roared as the throwers kept clearing the line, which was ...

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 ...

He gave it his best shot! Fiji’s 75-year-old prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, won a bronze medal in shot put at an international championship this week.