Shot Put

Two-time NCAA shot put champion Jordan Clarke, in his second year as a professional, has appeared in two Diamond League meetings this season and placed second in both. This week, he will attempt to qualify for the World Championships in Beijing by finishing in the top three at the USA Championships in Eugene, Oregon.



Dan McQuaid: Are you pleased with your results so far this season?

Jordan Clarke: Rome was my first diamond league that I’ve been to, I was very pleased with the result, a…

The Polish shot put star Konrad Bukowiecki is despite his young age known for massive throws with the senior implement. During the indoor season he already produced couple of throws beyond the 20m mark and even snatched the U20 world indoor record of David Storl. During the outdoor season Konrad needs to hit 20.43m which is the official U20 World Junior Record for the 7.26kg ball, also by super star David Storl. 

Konrad just produced a massive series of throw beyond the 20m, but this time not…

Also at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo (Norway) Christina Schwanitz was on Thursday night with 20.14 meters unbeatable. Discus thrower Christoph Harting was at its premiere in the Meeting Series fourth (62.19 m).

In the first round Christina made everything clear. 20.14m was a distance no one else was able to get even close to throughout the entire competition. After second place in Shanghai (China) and the victory on Sunday in Birmingham (Great Britain) Christina Schwanitz leads in the…

Jonathan Jones of The University at Buffalo, State University of New York men's track & field team continued his record-breaking ways, winning gold in the shot put and becoming the first national champion in UB's Division I history Wednesday. Now a six-time All-American, Jones had a school-record heave of 20.78 meters on his second attempt to take top honors at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships hosted by Oregon.

He had this to say

"Bringing a national championship back to Buffalo is a dream…

SINGAPORE - Singaporean thrower Zhang Guirong successfully retained her SEA Games title on Wednesday in the women's shot put event, throwing a season's best of 14.60m to claim gold. Zhang outperformed two Thais, finishing ahead of Sawitri Thongchao (13.62m) and Areerat Intadis (13.31m) to win her sixth title in the event.

Competing in her seventh SEA Games, the 37-year-old veteran thrower said after her win that while her result is a far cry from her heyday, when she set the national record of…

3rd place (18,67m/ 61' 3") Diamond League point #2, and first meet of two complete. This time around I was able to compete alongside THREE fellow Americans and I must say it made the competition feel a little more domestic. England holds a lot of emotion for me, as it was the location of my very first international meet and Team USA appearance- London 2012 Olympics, followed by 2 more appearances- Sainsbury Anniversary Games 2013, and the Birmingham Grand Prix 2014. All of the above mentioned…

Best performance in the second competition after the injury break! Shot Putter Christina Schwanitz threw outstanding 20.77m on Wednesday and won the World Challenge meeting in Beijing (China) and thereby also beat local hero Lijiao Gong. This massive toss places Christina as the number one in the world. 

What a comeback after knee surgery in September and months of rehab. Just around 36 centimeters boosted Vice World Champion Christina Schwanitz in Beijing, the venue for the World Cup in…

The shot put Olympic champion from 1976 Udo Beyer was very impressed with the Halplus Werfertage last Saturday: Shot put World Champion David Storl crowned there his super series with 21.72m and celebrated his second victory in just under 24 hours a day - and the best season start of his career. "The boy has it precisely. A maximum of three weeks until the 7.26kg ball goes beyond 22m. And this year, I am confident David will be able to throw 22,35 meters and further "predicted Beyer. "David…

The IAAF Diamond League meeting series has just started off today in Doha, Qatar. The men's shot put event was pretty tight from the beginning. Unfortunately, the complete list of results is not availble. The server of the IAAF website is still down.... Sandra Perkovic wins the women discus event with 68.10m.

Storl has not yet started into a season better than today. The 7.26kg implement landed at 21.51m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Doha. The temperatures are above 30 degrees.…

2015 He wans to continue where he left off in 2014: this was a personal best by three centimeters below the 22-meter mark. Double world champion David Storl opens today at the Diamond League meeting in Doha (Qatar; 15 May), the next day he stands at the Halle throwers days (May 17) in the ring - a stress test for his knee. The road to the mission world title defense begins.

"David is capable of throwing beyond 22m, that's no secret," said his coach Sven long before the season started. He knows…

On Sunday Christina Schwanitz will have her season opener at the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China. The first test for the European shot put Champion after nine months competition break. Meanwhile, much has happened. Knee surgery, complications, but the top firm is back. The 29-year-old wants a World Championship medal and plans to Olympia 2020.

During the training camp in South Tirol the 4kg implement was flying very well. Christina explains that this does not happen every time during…

Three and a half years ago, Julia Ritter first took a shot in her hand. This year, the U18 athlete can make hopes for a medal at the U18 World Championships. It would be the provisional culmination of an unusual success story that began with Father Reiner and a Youtube study David Storl's technique shown on YouTube. 

Sunday, May 10, 13 clock. A cheer echoed through the Helmut-Schön-Sportpark in Wiesbaden. Inside the athletics stadium jumping a young lady from the shot put ring and runs…

This Wednesday I'm making my second trip to China in the past year. In 2014 I was in Beijing and this Wednesday I'll be jetting off to Shanghai to compete against the German Christina Schwanitz, China’s World and Olympic medallist, Gong Lijiao, Commonwealth Games silver medallist, Clepatra Borel from Trinidad and Tobago and Yulia Leantsiuk of Belarus. Fortunately there will be some USA folks among all the international faces, Felishia Johnson and Brittany Smith to help make it feel normal.

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David Storl is coming back to the biggest throwing festival in the world, HALPLUS WERFERTAGE. But first he will be competing at the IAAF Diamong League meeting and Doha from which he catches a plan right after back to Germany, only to show a promising shot put event.

The two-time world champion (2011 and 2013) and the Olympic silver medlaist is in Halle among a strong field of shot putters of which two have personal bests beyond 21m. The first is Portugal's Marco Fortes, who's personal best is…

The shot put the women event at the Hallesche Thrower days will probably be a rematch of the German Indoor Championships in Karlsruhe. The three gold, silver and bronze medailists Lena Urbaniak, Denise Hinrichs and Josephine Terlecki are going to face each other for the first time after the national championships in Karlsruhe.

In Karlsruhe Lena Urbaniak won with just three centimeters ahead of Denise Hinrichs. Josephine Terlecki caught a bad day and finished third. At the European Indoor…

The Croation shot put specialist Martin Premeru tossed the 7.26kg ball 20.46m (67' 1 1/2") at the 21st International Meeting in Bar, Monetenegro. Kemal Mešić placed second with 20.19m (66' 3") and Hamza Alić 19.71m (64' 8") third. 

During youth and junior years Martin Premeru was always competing against the German shot put star David Storl. Back in the day Premeru tossed the 5kg ball 22.79m (74' 9¼") which puts him third in the all time top list. The 20.46m tossed by Martin meant a new…

I train at the Millenium Institute Auckland and I coach a group of about 15 athletes. Most of them are under 20 and they cover all the throwing events with a majority of them having hammer as main event. It is some sort of a throws high level development training center.

There is basically not off season as we have the Southern hemisphere season from september to April and some athletes also preparing for Europe tour or eventually international competitions in june-july.So everyone has his own…

Who do you coach?
In addition to working with Tom Walsh, I also coach a young javelin thrower, Hayden Hall. He’s just switched to javelin after being focused on discus, which is a unique and exciting challenge.

Where does your group train?
We have a nice High Performance facility in Christchurch, New Zealand. It has everything we need and plenty of character to make it an enjoyable place to train. We’ve just (today!) had our new shot put ring laid adjacent to the gym.

What is the core of…

Throwholics did a follow up interview with the Thomas Schmitt after his great performance. He improved his personal best by 2.28m to 21.35m (70' 1/2") as already mentioned in our latest article “Dream toss by Thomas Schmitt improving his PB by over 2m“

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxdqwhB-2bQ

It seems to be the competition of your lifetime. Improving your lifetime best by 2,28m. Did you expect anything even remotely comparable based on your recent training results?

I expected to throw…

With an immense improvement shot putter Thomas Schmitt is pressing ahead in the national top list. In Ubach-Palenberg near Aachen, the 26-year-old catapulted the 7.26kg iron ball to 21.35 m - the eight best performance of all Germans so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxdqwhB-2bQ

Right at the beginning Thomas Schmitt improved his previous personal best of 19.07m by 37cm to 19.44m. "I felt that even more would be possible and the 20m should be reachable," said the 26 year old physics…