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AFP
Doha
Joe Kovacs of the United States won the men’s shot put world title on Saturday with his sixth and final throw of 22.91 metres. The 30-year-old’s effort was the joint third longest of all time in one of the all-time great shot finals that saw the 32-year-old championship record of Switzerland’s Werner Gunther eclipsed by all three medallists.
“It is great to do this in front of my wife,” said Kovacs who was also 2015 world champion. “I just kept telling myself to hang on in there and keep calm. It will come good.”
Olympic champion Ryan Crouser took silver with a final effort of 22.90m.
Doha
Joe Kovacs of the United States won the men’s shot put world title on Saturday with his sixth and final throw of 22.91 metres. The 30-year-old’s effort was the joint third longest of all time in one of the all-time great shot finals that saw the 32-year-old championship record of Switzerland’s Werner Gunther eclipsed by all three medallists.
“It is great to do this in front of my wife,” said Kovacs who was also 2015 world champion. “I just kept telling myself to hang on in there and keep calm. It will come good.”
Olympic champion Ryan Crouser took silver with a final effort of 22.90m.
