Ryan Crouser shattered his own shot put world record with a shot put throw of 23.56 meters at the Los Angeles Grand Prix 2023.
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Two-time Olympic champion Ryan Crouser shattered his own shot put world record with a shot put throw of 23.56 meters at the Los Angeles Grand Prix 2023. This surpasses his prior record of 23.37 meters, set during the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, in June 2021. Notably, Crouser is the sole athlete to ever exceed 23.50 meters, and he ecstatically celebrated this achievement on his fourth try at the Continental Tour Gold event.
The American athlete expressed his excitement to NBC, an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network, sharing that his current regime involved high-volume training, both in terms of throwing and weightlifting. He also added that he was just starting to incorporate some speed work. In fact, his first two attempts at the event, measuring 23.23 and 23.31 meters, would rank among the top six furthest throws ever made in the sport.
As the World Championships are coming closer, the impressive showing from the 30-year-old athlete Ryan Crouser was an encouraging sign, given his exploration of a new throwing technique this year. Tom Walsh from New Zealand, a double Olympic bronze medalist, placed second with a throw of 22.12 meters. While, the United States of America’s Payton Otterdahl came third, throwing 21.99 meters.
In the pole vault, Armand Duplantis emerged victorious in his first outdoor season performance which was a close contest with Sam Kendricks. Duplantis, who recently set a new world record of 6.22m, successfully cleared 5.91m at the first attempt, setting a new outdoor world lead. Kendricks was able to follow suit on his second attempt, with both athletes then failing at 6.01m. Duplantis ultimately claimed the win based on fewer misses.
Surprisingly, in the women’s 100m, top contenders Sha’Carri Richardson, Marie-Josee Ta Lou, and Aleia Hobbs withdrew from the final. In their absence, Morolake Akinosun secured the win in 10.97 seconds. The men’s event saw an unexpected victory for Jamaica’s Ackeem Blake, who ran a personal best of 9.89 seconds, edging out Cravont Charleston, who also posted a personal best of 9.91 seconds.
The women’s 400m saw another world-leading performance from Olympic silver medalist Marileidy Paulino, who finished alone with a time of 48.98 seconds. Likewise, former world champion Timothy Cheruiyot demonstrated a return to form in the 1500m, overtaking fellow Kenyan Reynold Kipkorir to secure victory in a world-leading time of 3:31.47. Jenna Prandini surged ahead to win the women’s 200m in 22.34 seconds, just ahead of Twanisha Terry’s personal best of 22.44 seconds. Meanwhile, in the men’s 400m, the 2012 gold medalist Kirani James was surprisingly defeated by Sean Bailey, who won with a time of 44.43 seconds.
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