Ryan Crouser breaks Olympic record THREE TIMES to win epic shot put gold in Tokyo | NBC Sports

where Ryan Krause here is the world record holder reset that world record about a month ago at Olympic trials crowds are looking to defend his Olympic gold medal and the way he is thrown over the past couple of years challenging that record for more than a year before finally breaking it no reason to think he's not the favorite to defend his gold Rio Olympic champion he has just assaulted twenty two and twenty three meters over the course of the last two years every single throw he takes seems to be out in that area code he's been so consistent all year long and that's one of the things that he wanted to work on he want to really focus on being patient and setting up his throw to have the maximum power twenty eight year old Diggs starts throwing twenty two meters hello twenty meters and his family back at home they could already be a gold medal winning three definitely can be Joe Kovacs the world champion in twenty nineteen Michelle before that World Championship earlier that year he was struggling almost quit instead his wife Ashley was a throwing coach said Hey coach you we got to meet all the and a few months later he was a world channel and he's over twenty two meters as well he is ready for today Kovacs thirty two years old originally from Bethlehem Pennsylvania in fact the women in his life it's all we have always been really big is throwing his mom what's his first throwing coach ready to go for his second throw after tossing the casual with big record on his first throw twenty two meters eighty three seventy four feet eleven inches for the former Texas longhorn and Brian Krauser now he loves it Ryan is really good at building on each and every throw twenty two meters three it is an Olympic record for Ryan Krauser back correct your family and red meat or again since the tape today yes coming here no four throw for Joe Kovacs currently in second behind right and this is another huge two this is what he's been waiting for big improvement twenty two sixty five seventy four feet three and three quarters inches Joe Kovacs solidify second place Thomas Wallace trying to prevent to Marikina wanted to finish any doubt out their past twenty two meters again twenty two meters forty seven a bronze for Walsh that means Americans go one in a bank shot put now determined that border Joe Kovacs looking for its first Olympic gold the reigning world champ needs to go further than twenty two ninety three another decline in I just love the energy and the passion that Joe brings every single time eight silver for Kovacs just slightly to radio Brian Krauser defends his Olympic gold medal he's the first American Diggs Perry o'brien to go back to back in the shot put that was nineteen fifty two at nineteen fifty six my good news the world history Diggs cap off his gold medal Ryan said that this competition he definitely wanted to honor his grandfather his grandfather passed away right will one day right before he left to go to Tokyo five of the six throws today broke his previous Olympic record he's six throw puts the exclamation point on its second longest of all time just behind his world record thank you and there's a message for his grandfather

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Length: 5min 15sec (315 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 04 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/funwithtrout]

God damn! That last throw was insane.

Hook 'Em, Ryan!

[u/FruitbatBearcat]

Kind of bananas to be that much better at something than the rest of the world. Crouser is a fucking beast.

[u/AudiieVerbum]

I have hung out with this dude and Alan Zap. They're so cool, so great. You talk to them and want to try to be like them.

Edit: obviously not in the art of throwing things. But in levels of humility and dedication. We could all improve by learning from Texas throwers.