The male tipper has hardly changed at all in five years. This bold statement is supported by the fact that the Tokyo Olympics in the finals at the medal stages repeated the same order as five years ago in Rio de Janeiro.
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Photo: SITA/AP, Matthias Schrader
American Ryan Crouser after the Olympic triumph in the shot put.
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American Ryan Crouser won in front of compatriot Joe Kovacs and New Zealander Tomas Walsh.
The difference is that while in Rio the Crouser enjoyed gold with a performance of 22.52 m, in Tokyo he added another 38 centimeters.
With a performance of 23.30 m, he set an Olympic record and only seven centimeters behind his own world record from the June Olympic qualification of American athletes in Eugene.
The 28-year-old native of Portland performed a great 22.83 m in the first attempt and the worst of his six competitions measured 22.54 m.
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In the circle, he was so fast during his turns that a cap flew off his head a few times.
In the last sixth attempt, he concentrated to the maximum and almost broke the world record.
Before the era of the 201 cm tall and 145 kg American, the record entry in the male gulling circle did not change for 31 years. His compatriot Randy Barnes threw the ball to a distance of 23.12 m in 1990.
“I finally have my job done. I had to train hard for this victory, because Joe Kovacs is training just as hard and we still left a couple of quality guliaries at home, who are also honestly preparing.
Each of us puts everything into it, that’s why the long attempts, “said the old-new Olympic champion and silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships in Doha.
“The key was to start well so that I had a strong security throw. Later, I relaxed and left some more energy at the end.
It is an honor for me to return home with a gold medal. We continue the tradition because American guliers are the best in the world. “
To illustrate, Crouser won nineteenth gold for the United States in the men’s ball at the Olympics out of a total of 29 races of this kind under five rings.
RYAN CROUSER. HEAR HIM ROAR. #TokyoOlympics
pic.twitter.com/B4QNCRfT9m— Team USA (@TeamUSA) August
5, 2021
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The complete ranks of winners from previous games were repeated for the first time since 1896 and Athens’ modern premiere.
While his family and friends watched the Olympic finals at home in Redmond in “Crouser” T-shirts, the American hero gave his triumph to his recently deceased grandfather, his big fan.
“Grandpa, we did it! We are the Olympic champions for 2020, “he referred him to the sky after the winning races
