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Shot-put
Shot put is an indirect competition which means that competitors take turns
and are compared and whoever has the best score/time wins.
The competitors try to throw the shot put the furthest distance to win. The
thrower is within a circle and throws the ball standing still.
Shot put began in Scotland in the 12th century and was used as a way to find
the strongest man. It was in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in
Rome.
Randy Barnes has a gold and silver Olympic medal and has a world record of
23.12 m. Ulf Timmermann has a gold Olympic medal and is in second for
world record of 23.06 m. Natalya Lisovskaya has 4 gold medal world
championships and holds the women's record of 22.63 m.
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