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 ...

When William Bishop stepped into the shot put ring at Girard High School’s home meet in early May, few could have predicted just how big of a statement the sophomore was about to make. With a ...

Seeing sports as unifying is not a new concept. Earlier this week, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach spoke to an audience that included French President Emmanuel Macron and other ...

Without being in his head, it’s difficult to know exactly how Jackson Cantwell felt stepping into the thrower’s ring for quite possibly the final time in his high school career. But what he was ...

POWERED BY CARL’S AUTO GROUP. SOME OF THE BEST THROWERS IN THE WORLD GATHERED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE DRAKE FIELDHOUSE FOR A BRAND NEW SHOT PUT EVENT. LITTLE SHOT WITH A TWIST. HERE’S KCCI SHANNON ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue track & field alumnus Chukwuebuka Enekwechi finished in sixth place at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the shot put on Saturday, August 3, in Paris. At his second Olympic ...

When Chase Jackson, a shot put thrower with Team USA, arrived in Paris for the Olympics and saw her uniforms, she felt heartbroken. Nothing was in her size. In an Instagram Story, she shared an image ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Nap time has turned into prime shot-put time around the Kovacs household. Joe and Ashley Kovacs built a ring on the side of their house in Dublin, Ohio, and take full ...

Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect Ryan Crouser won gold in the shot put at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The most dominant U.S. men’s track and field athlete at the Paris Olympics isn’t a ...

Nap time has turned into prime shot-put time around the Kovacs household. Joe and Ashley Kovacs built a ring on the side of their house in Dublin, Ohio, and take full advantage of their young twins' ...

FARGO — Former North Dakota State thrower Payton Otterdahl was efficient during the qualification round of the men's shot put Friday night at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France. On his first ...

TOKYO (AP) — Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands claimed a dramatic gold medal in the women's shot put on her final attempt at the world championships on Saturday. Schilder threw 20.29 meters in a ...