Shot Put

Darrell Hill, the 2017 Diamond League Champion, joins The Athletic Experience Podcast for Episode 042! With his Diamond League victory, Darrell Hill moves to 13th ALL TIME, ahead of athletes like John Godina, Ryan Whiting and Reese Hoffa. In this episode Darrell Hill chats about his training partners, training regimen, high school triple jumping, future plans and how far he could throw the women's shot put. If you weren't already a Darrell Hill fan, you will be after this episode. Enjoy the…

Due to a positive doping test of world record holder Stella Jenewa, Ilke Wyludda was subsequently awarded silver in the shot put at the Paralympic World Cup.

The Discus Olympic Champion 1996 had won the bronze medal in Qatar last October.

In the taken urine sample of the Bulgarian champion Jenewa, the banned product oxandrolone was found. Jenewa was retrospectively banned for four years, the result of the World Championships canceled.

Gold goes to the Mexican Angles Ortiz-Hernandezonze to…

The men's shot put event of the Stockholm's Diamond League meeting was held one day prior the main program. Tom Walsh won the shot put event with 21,13m in the absence of Joe Kovacs.

In Ralambshovsparken, the shot put event took place. It is one of the oldest parks in the Swedish capital. Walsh placed second in both previous diamond league competitions he was part of (Shanghai and Eugene). This time, he tossed the 7kg ball to 21.13m to take the victory. Not one other contender was able to…

He is one of the most successful German athletes in recent years. David Storl has collected in the junior and senior classes an international title after the next. Twice he was already world champion, this summer the 25-year-old wants to land the big coup also at the Olympic Games. With his best performance of the previous year (22.20 m), the current vice-world champion pushed to the third place of overall German top list and one of the top favorites for Olympic gold.

David Storl skipped the…

Christine Schwanitz comes a little bit closer to her top form at a Schwarzwald meeting. David Storl fails at the 21-meter mark.

Shot put world champion Christina Schwanitz has shown improving form before the Rio Olympics in nearly two months. The 30-year-old came on Sunday at Black Forest meeting in Schapbach to 19.41 m and improved from yesterday's competition in Gotha. At her comeback after nine months forced break, Schwanitz had finished the competition with 19.05 m. From her best (20.77),…

Christina Schwanitz is back after a long enforced break and qualifies for the Olympics. But she is still far away from her personal best.

Shot put world champion Christina Schwanitz has secured the ticket for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (August 5 to 21) in her first competition after a nine months forced break.

Germany's athlete of the year tossed at the competition in Gotha twice beyond the 19m line, exceeding the qualification standard (17.75) significantly. From her best (20.77),…

At yesterday's Oslo Diamond League meet a young putter from Poland, Konrad Bukowiecki, was leading the competition until Joe Kovacs (USA) reminded everyone who's the top-cock in the hen house by dropping a massive 22,01m (72' 2½") bomb. At his Diamond League debut Konrad took 2nd place and cracked his U20 world junior record with a 21,14m (69' 4¼"). 
I must admit, my goal for the Games is gold.

van Dijck: That must've been a dream Diamond League debut in the  meeting. Runner-up to the top…

What a great shot put competition at today's Diamond League meeting in Oslo. The youngster Konrad Bukowiecki, who is still a junior athlete, was performing amazingly with the men's 7kg ball. In the end, Kovacs won the competition with a massive 22.01m toss. Bukowiecki was probably not unhappy about his defeat because he threw the 7kg ball to 21.14m which is a new U20 WR. 

What we have seen tonight was a class act of the Polish shot putter Konrad Bukowiecki. He tossed the 7kg ball in the first…

Shot put world champion Christina Schwanitz has a less than ideal preparation for Rio due to her shoulder problems. After much work and discipline, the 30-year-old is now ready to go into the Olympic season. This weekend she is planning her first start after nine months of injury break in Gotha (June 11).

The shoulder is doing better. "While there is still space for improvement, but finally I can train regularly and can pull a decent workout," says Christina Schwanitz. At her first competition…

On Saturday's competition in Romanian Pitesti, Tobias Dahm was one of the three men who tossed the 7kg ball over the 20m barrier. The German indoor champion meets the European Championships standard throwing 20.10m

Shot putter Tobias Dahm made the trip to Pitesti to improve his season best. The pleasing result: For the first time, the World Indoor Championships 8th surpassed the 20-meter mark in his outdoor season. At his best attempt in the second round, the ball landed at 20.10 meters.

"The…

At the sixteenth European Athletics Festival in Bydgoszcz, Paul Fajdek underlined his great shape he is in right now. Fajdek dropped a massive bomb with the 7kg hammer. His last-round throw of 81.71m meant a new world lead. 

With each attempt, Fajdek would have won the competition. But it was the last round that produced a new world leading throw. Up to today, Fajdek was leading the world's rank list with his 80.66m throw in Ostrava in May. During the last attempt, Pawel threw 81.71m showing…

The shot put queen Adams seems to be improving in 2016. At the Diamond League meeting in Rome, Adams threw the 4kg ball to a new season best of 19.69m. In 2016, only the Gong Lijiao tossed the 4kg ball further. The current world lead stands at 20.43m, thrown at the biggest throwing festival in the world in Halle, Germany.

Finally, Valerie Adams is getting back in shape. After Adams injury, she had problems tossing the 4kg ball beyond the 19m mark. Last year's top result was 18,79m which was…

Everyone who is following the shot put event should have heard about Konrad Bukowiecki. He the rising Polish shot put star who outperformed everyone in his age group. His young career shows already tremendous successes in the shot put event. It is already certain that Konrad Bukowiecki will have his Diamond League Debut very soon. It is confirmed that Konrad is competing at the next to Diamond League meetings which offer the men's shot put event, Oslo 9th of June and Stockholm 15th of June.

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The second appearance of the year, Olympic standard checked: David Storl competed on Tuesday at a meeting in Osterode and let the 7kg ball hit the other side of 21 meters. Also, discipline colleague Sara Gambetta filed for claims in Rio.

In 2009 he broke in Osterode the U20 world record, now David Storl returned as a two-time shot put world champion and current vice world champion. The athlete wanted his season best of 20.25 meters, thrown at the Hallesche Thrower days, improved. With 20.62…

Today, Throwholics wrote already about the positive drug tests based on 2008 Beijing Olympic Games samples. There is more sad news to announce. The Russian hammer thrower Tatyana Beloborodova, formerly known as Tatyana Lysenko, and the Russian Olympian Evgeniia Kolodko have reportedly tested positive for doping. Both tested positive on samples from the 2012 London Olympic Games. 

The same rule applies that also the B sample has to be tested and found positive first before the World Anti-Doping…

The US is well known for the good shot putters they produce. In recent years, there were many who started out big in high school and followed a professional career. It seems the next generation is coming up very soon. Jordan Geist, a junior from Knoch High School in Butler Country, destroyed Ryan Whiting's PIAA record throwing 22.63m (74' 3"). Jordan already was producing some personal best over the season. First, he threw 21.71m indoors in March and then improved also his outdoor best to …

A retest on the samples of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 brought the most recent doping scandal. 31 athletes are part of the most recent doping scandal. And it seems that medals will be reassigned if the test on sample B will also be positive. For the throwing community, it can get interesting. Maria Abakumova, who won the silver medal at the Olympic Games 2008, might loose her medal. The German javelin thrower Christina Obergföll would then move up the ladder and grab silver instead of…

Konrad Bukowiecki is undoubtedly one of the best junior shot putters the world has ever seen. With his recent put of 21.01m with the 7.2kg shot, he now has the second  best distance ever achieved by a 19-year-old competing with the senior implement. Only Randy Barnes tossed the 7kg ball further, 21,88m in April 1986. He has also thrown 22.94m with the junior shot this year wich is only 6cm away from all time world junior record with the 6kg!

Your distance of 22.94m is very close to the 23.00m…

Tomáš Staněk (born 13 June 1991) 1st donned the Czech team kit in 2013 with a useful 5^th with his 19,18m at the European U23 Championships in Tampere Finland. In 2015 he did not go through to the final with his 19^th place 19,64m. In 2015 he set his personal best of 20,94m in Łódź.

Zylstra: What do you need to work on, improve?
Staněk: I need to get stronger in gym while staying as fast as I am now. My preparation for Olympic are the same as in other seasons. We are doing same practice…

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Jill Camarena-Williams (born 2 March 1982) is a US American shot putter and member of fourteen international teams. Those teams include seven World Championship squads and the 2008 Peking (12th 18,51m 60' 8¾" SB) and 2012 London (15th at 18,22m 59' 9½") Olympic teams. She took home the bronze…