{"id":1306,"date":"2019-10-06T21:04:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T10:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2019-10-06T21:04:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T10:04:56","slug":"mens-shotput-final-iaaf-world-athletics-championship-doha-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Shotput Final &#8211; IAAF World Athletics Championship Doha 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/joe_kovacs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1307\" src=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/joe_kovacs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/joe_kovacs.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/joe_kovacs-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest Mens shotput finals occurred overnight at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>With the opening effort of the men\u2019s shot put final, Ryan Crouser (USA) produced the longest throw in World Championships history with 22.36m. By the end, that mark was only the equal-seventh best of the night in what proved to be the greatest \u2013 and closest \u2013 shot put competition ever.<\/p>\n<p>USA\u2019s 2015 world champion Joe Kovacs produced one of the biggest upsets of the championships by unleashing a final-round effort of 22.91m to take the title. After a thrilling final round, just one centimetre ultimately separated the three medallists with Crouser taking second place on countback from Tom Walsh (NZ), both throwing 22.90m.<\/p>\n<p>Kovas,\u00a0Crouser, Walsh and fourth-placed Brazlian Darlan Romani (22.53m)\u00a0\u00a0all bettered the world championships record of 22.23m, set by Switzerland&#8217;s Werner\u00a0Gunthor\u00a0in Rome in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an Australian connection with the final. Tom Walsh who finished with the bronze medal is coach by Australian and former athlete Dale Stephenson. Dale competed at the London 2012 olympics representing Australia in the Shotput.<\/p>\n<p>If you get a chance to watch the highlights this is one of the greatest shotput finals you will ever see.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1306\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=1306&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=1306\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest Mens shotput finals occurred overnight at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha. 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