This Will NEVER Happen Again! || THE ICONIC WORLD RECORD FROM THE G.O.A.T
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2021
- This is the greatest shot put athlete to ever live...
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Imagine throwing your best in your life, you think you've got it in the bag, then 2 other dudes throw the best in their life and make you get bronze.
not just the best in his life, the best ever done.
I mean. Respect. I've heard silver sucks to win more than bronze
Bet they're all bros though 😆
it is an honor to be dethroned by the best.
:)
it would be disappointing at first really but that is competition the best thing in sports is sportsmanship.
:)
@@spenduh9866 yg
I feel like these guys see each other so often on the victory podiums that they're probably good friends.
They are the only three people that actually play this sport... 🤔
@@danielmconnolly Haha😐
@@BrazilianImperialist
Derp...
They even started to look almost the same.. If they didn't wear different clothes, i wouldn't be able to tell the difference..
I suggest you watch The Silver War by Floz and you will see what sharing too many podiums can do to a friendship
It's 2023 and he holds the world record at 23.56m. What an absolute beast.
one day this man will turn into a boulder himself and fly out of the atmosphere
So the previous World record is 23.37. The Olympic record is 23.30 which the producer forgot to even put in the list at 16:14.
UPDATE from 21/9/2023:
Crouser has increased his WR to 23.57. There have only been 17 throws over 23.00m and Crouser has 13 of them. He has also thrown over 22m 240 times.
I can't help wondering how he'd do in World's Strongest Man. Of course he's need to train for it but once he got some experience under his belt I think he'd do well, particularly in some of the more athletic events.
He would do extremely well but I'm more interested in how he'd perform in weightlifting. His unprecedented explosive ability to produce tremendous power output is ideal for snatching and jerking and he's about as big as Lasha.
It would be awesome to see what this guy could do juiced to the gills in a strongman competition.
would suck if he joined wsm cause of the toll the roids would take on his health and potential
Basically any topic is interesting when presented by a passionate person. I swear I never would've thought I'd enjoy a shot put video. Great work
Honestly same
Same
I had the same thought. NBC should hire this guy to cover Shot. I'm a huge Olympics fan and never even saw the shot in Tokyo. If it was televised, it must have been at like 3 a.m. because i never saw it. And this incredibly performance was worthy of newscasts repeating it!
I do enjoy the comments of sycophants.
@@michaelc3977 Thank you
Keep in mind, that steel ball weighs 16 pounds
( 7.26 kg ) . So it's the same weight as a professional bowling ball.
So crazy to think about. I played baseball growing up and I had a cannon but in my prime I doubt I could throw a 16lb ball 23.3 feet let alone meters
@@mikedrop4421 You wouldn't be able to throw it like a ball. Even if you were strong enough to go through the motion of throwing it like a baseball, you'd completely destroy your shoulder.
@@mikedrop4421 I tried the shot put before in Jr, high. About 12-13 years old. I put an 8 pound shot 43 feet. Lol that was my best attempt
Spoiler alert:
Nobody cares
@@ontop7437 spoiler alert : spam bot spitted
Here's how good this video is: I've never cared about the shot put in my life, but i was locked in for this whole story. Well done! And Crouser is incredible.
He is, but he must be on heavy stuff, right? I'm not hating, but you can't be the GOAT in any strength related sport and not be, right?
@@hansolo631 All of them are.
@@hansolo631No, actually. World Athletics Championships athletes are drug tested like crazy. I believe drug testers have showed up randomly at his house while filming a video. Anyways, Crouser is likely the greatest athlete is history to have never taken performance enhancing drugs. Keep in note that throwers have been drug tested as far back as the 80’s.
Then how come it always turns out that athletes are on shit? I'm sure the Michael Johnson types all survived many rounds of testing at many levels of athletics before the olympics or whatever. Isn't it an arms race between pharmacists and testing? I just have trouble believing that in 2024 there is an elite strength athlete who doesn't take anything, since I know personally half a dozen guys juicing for no reason other than that it's available and they have varying levels of commitment to lifting. These are just local gymrats with nothing on the line but curls for the girls. Put millions of dollars on the line and people's entire self-worth as a being and the idea of clean participants starts to get a little laughable? How is he beating the juiced athletes? The idea of a clean powerlifter beating a juiced one is almost unthinkable. The difference between a natty lifter and a roided one is an entirely different level of "sport", they aren't even in the same atmosphere, there's barely any similarity beyond basic human anatomy@@BurrytheBee
14:16 seeing the "Lorem Ipsum" that never got filled in gave me a chuckle.
Seeing Crouser as a skinny HS kid was something I didn't expect
Imagine seeing that skinny kid kicking ass, it was always a trip to see him beat guys who probably 50-100lbs more than him.
@@kmf1392
American highschool,
So probably like 100-200+lbs
I’ve seen hs football teams without a single player under 220lbs.
@@fastinradfordable Lol because the people who compete in track and field are always the fat ones /s
He was like 6'5 competing against guys that same height but built like tanks. At that caliber, you're competing against guys who literally have beards at age 17 lol.
We were all skinny in high school…Time marches on !
@@alanwomack5055 nah, throwers are almost never skinny even in high school
The measurement guys standing so close to the landing spot is stonks for anxiety
Imagine getting hit with those borderline cannon balls 😂
I guess they're very experienced and have a good idea of the trajectory, but ye you couldn't make me do that sh**
thats what im saying, yo
@@GabrielConstantinides ye lmao
Well if these guys are the best in the world and can barley reach them, i think they know they are standing at a safe distance nobody will hit them at.
What incredible balance and poise these big guys have. Not all about strength.
Mad respect for this sport! 👏
Not nearly! The movement is incredible.
This is literally the first time i've ever seen anything about Shot-Put in my life, but damn this video is engaging af, the narration is really objective, the summary is excellent, you tackled all the important points here. Thanks for sharing one of those stories so rare that they'll probably never happen again in history and making it exciting even to outsiders, this is wow, just wow. Amazing feats of what humans can achieve !
Honestly, shot put is such an underrated event in Track and Field. It’s often overshadowed by more popular events such at the 100m and 1500m, but I’m so happy that legends such as Kovacs and Crouser are bringing the attention that this event deserves.
LOVE TRACK AND FIELD
The Triple Jump will always the most underrated
@@DFaustJr no its the Hammer throw ;....
@@BlueHopi144 I stand corrected ☝🏾
...and Walsh
Not sure what’s more impressive: these amazing record breaking throws, or that incredible thumbnail!
Definitely the thumbnail 😂🤣
@@TheAngeryBot the thumbnail killed me
I thought he broke his arm and that even will never happen again. 😂🤣😂🤣
@@johnfran3218 why do people leave random religious comments like this? It has nothing to do with the subject matter.
What's a thumbnail
I love your videos because of the way they are written. I know that when I click on one of your videos, I will learn something, I will be entertained, and I will end up having genuine interest in the subject matter, regardless if I was interested in it prior to me clicking on the video.
I swear man, you could make a video on how amazing it is for paint to dry, and a paint drying world record that will never be broken, and youll have me hook, line and sinker
This popped up in my feed. Glad it did. Very enjoyable. Thank you.
Fun fact: The 2021 Shot put was the only event in summer-Olympic history where the podium was the exact same as the previous games. Crouser 1, Kovacs 2, Walsh 3.
wait every sports/categories included ?
@@gabrielbrunet7150 no kenya and ethiopian athletes line us the same almost every competition
@@gabrielbrunet7150 yes, every sport and event included
Let's also not mention the fact that Crouser, Kovacs and Walsh have shared the Podium every year for the last 4 years
Jesus loves all of you repent of your sins which is bad things belive that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess Jesus as lord and you will be saved..
It’s so funny, yet inspiring, to see grown men throw rocks and then start screaming their heads off.
These guys are fricken vikings lol
xD
to be fair...it is a heavy ass rock
Edit it again, you dingleberry, you missed one
Well, if you put it that way 👀
There's something elegant watching the shot thrown from behind like that. It's easy to see whether or not there's a smooth acceleration both in the spin and the forward momentum combining into this Pirouette of Power.
I grew up surrounded by professional sportsmen (basketball,handball,table tennis,footbal) in high-school (Yugoslavia,Europe) and heard a lot of stories about different athletes.
One was about our shot putting champion, at the time European champion Saračević who I saw in person after some local competition which was just part of his preparation for the Olympics. My handball friend who saw him train witnessed him dunking the basketball jumping from standing position and dude was HUGE. He was about 1,96-7 (6'6) and about 130kg (290 pounds). All athletes were unanimous that shot putters were the strongest humans without any doubt. Before people were arguing if weight lifters were stronger than gymnasts -- well shot putters beat them both,because they have the mass,strength and agility at unbelievable superhuman levels.
Respect!
Those throws are almost as impressive as the fact that you got me to not only click on a video about shot-put, but watch it all the way through and genuinely enjoy it
After 10 months of never leaving my feed i finally clicked it
what sport is this
Yea, I have watched two track & field videos int he last two days that made me really question why I haven't been super into this.
Yo I was thinking like 6 mins why am I watching this? But bro it’s super interesting with the FACTSS
@@verifyer3120 Shot put. It's part of the track and field catalogue. Basically, you heave a 16 pound (about 7.2 kg) ball of steel as far as you can.
Fun story. Competed against Crouser in High School, obviously leagues ahead everyone here. But at the 2011 Oregon State championship, due to a hamstring injury (I believe), he only threw from a power stance and still won both Disc and Shot Put with ease. It was amazing to see such raw talent. Great guy all around.
I can only imagine how proud you are. 😊
i can only imagine how proud you are
thats crazy! fun fact, I'm going to the high school he attended in a few months (Sam Barlow High School)
I can only imagine how proud you are
No he didn't i won the shot put in 2011 at the Oregon state championship.
Bro...ion even watch shotput...and I'm on my way to work...but somehow you hooked me. Your a great narrator. You have earned my sub my friend. Great video 🤙👌
Best Vid you have ever done! Track is top and you help make it better!! Keep up so we can keep up!!!
For all of us skinny-ass distance runners, the shot-put final in Doha was all we talked about for at least a week. It was terrific.
Brian Oldfield is alive and drunk in Oakland, California. And don't you ferget it, youngin'
@@rayjr62 Funny stuff!!! fyi...I am 63. I know who Oldfield is. I believe he was one of the original athletes of the professional track and field organization back in the 70's after Montreal Olympics. I think Shorter and some of his buddies in the Florida TC got it started.
"Total running"
@@jybler007 there was a 40M dash included in this video, with time and everything.
My God you lead a pathetically boring life
As somebody with no prior knowledge/interest in shot put this was a fantastic video. Totally grabbed me and kept me to the end. Also Crouser is a beast.
Me too
Same here. I was a jumper/hurdler/sprinter. I have a new found respect for shotputting. And I'm 42...
Heh, yeah.
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@@noneofyourbusiness4133 I'd say it was fixed
My mans the only channel ive ever seen with less than a mil sub but consistently pull in tens of mils of views with amazing vids.
i was a discus and shot put proidgy in middleschool i reached 140ft in disc by 8th grade and 39ft in 7th grade for shot. i became an alcoholic in 8th grade and later a drug addict. to this day my biggest regret isn’t the drugs or drinking it’s that i gave up on the one thing that gave me actual long term gratification, being recognized for doing good. i am now 18 and 6 months sober and this video while amazing brought up some strong emotions. i will never forget how much my 5-6th grade coach, coach McKay helped me. he was a cool guy and almost an olympic athlete in 2002. I will always love throwing sports and hope my kid some day picks up where i left off. I’m also only 5’9” and a big build so i would have had a hard time if i continued. i stopped growing at 13.
Literally an anime moment come to life lmao. Everyone breaking their limits left and right.
Facts... But then comes the mc and breaks his own limit multiple times
the final throw be like
"this hat is limiter to my true power"
Why anime
why do weebs think everything is an anime moment
@@doricy. im not a weeb lol it really just is
As a former high school and college shot putter I love seeing it get some love. While never in the same league as Walsh, Kovacs or Crowder I had my moments and still remember the excitement of my best throws almost 55 years later.
How long was your best shot?
Man I hope ur alive
I unfortunately didn't take the sport serious when I did it yet was good although I only did it for a year I made it to the state finals and lost made it hard for me to take serious that I was able to do that but I guess the weight training from football really paid off in the end (435lbs bench max 535lbs squat max) wouldve eventually squatted more but I broke my leg senior year playing football
I am in total agreement with you then again Once a Shot Putter All ways a Shot Putter and my days were 30 years ago now my how the time flies does it not.
@DIMWIT ye
But anything can happen right?
God forbid something happen to him of anyone but
Idk I was just concerned
I love watching shot put. Its like watching ballet crossed with weight lifting.
Very definition of good rivalry, pros competing against each other with their best and all coming in very close with one another. Truly fascinating.
I think Darlan Romani not even medaling despite a massive throw of 22.53 m also deserves a mention.
Hypothetically of course, it would be great to see him throw against Randy Barnes, both in their Prime !
@@benitodeluna970 Barnes on gear vs Crouser without, even if Barnes won, we all know Crouser is the more impressive thrower bc he's doing naturally.
@@jimmylittle1983 No one born to this earth can squat 800lb naturally. The drug tests are done within a rather large range as to account for "hormonal anomalies". Really this just means they can all get away with abusing low to medium cycles of testosterone all year round. Unlike things like cocaine that show up in the blood, there are lots of steroids/hormones that do not appear in the blood, so testing is based on the levels of certain hormones/chemicals that are naturally occuring, but may have elevated levels. These ranges of chemicals in the blood are used as markers to determine what is a normal level, and what is an elevated level. Because of this finding a range that can actually determine who is doping and who isn't is very difficult and subjective. Lots of athletes become athletes because they were born with higher testosterone/other genetics that benefit power/muscle growth. The tests therefore create lots of false positives. To account for these false positives and not discriminate against athletes born with these genetic gifts, the doping tests have a very large range, which leaves lots of room for people to moderately abuse gear.
@@jimmylittle1983 The ones that get caught are the ones with skyrocketed testosterone levels who just want quick results, the pros are packing on mass slowly but surely every year, and they ALL use test, i'd bet my house on it.
@@LambClone no one can squat 800lbs natty... you must actually believe that. But I can assure you I've seen not only myself, but several other people do it without gear. Sure maybe I had abnormal amounts of testosterone while growing up and in college, but I can assure you, I've never stuck a needle in my leg.
As a Kiwi, we watched the Shot Put final with great expectations. For us, Tom Walsh was "The Man". Yes, it was a fantastic contest and was dominated by Crouser. So, congratulations to the World Record holder and defending and now current Gold Medal winner, Crouser. Cheers TRP. Great video.
always proud of walshy tho this year he was just out matched and being a kiwi and witnessing him throw personally at new zealand nationals I think he will throw 23 meters at some point just needs to not force it sometimes
Kia Ora
🥝
I cant imagine what it must feel like to know immediately that its the best throw of your life on such a high level like that. Where Walsh and Crouser had a pause, Kovac's immediate celebration and full confidence that his throw was just that damn good is so amazing to see
That's one of the amazing things about the Olympics. Competition brings out the best in people. People, no matter who they are or where they're from, ELEVATE others. They respect one another because they know what it takes to get there.
im just marveling at the brave people who stand where the shot potentially could land and possibly kill them.
if u cant tell I dont follow the sport a lot.
Deaths and accidents do happen apparently
lmfao same tbh
The best throwers in the world could barley reach that far out, i think they know they are standing at a safe distance that nobody will reach.
Just make it safe& exciting, now it's dangerous & boring. Guys suffer from lack of creativity.
@@user-jd1hy9bg1d lol
what you see on display with Crouser is pure athleticism. his abilities in standing long jump, squat, bench, vertical, and agility to execute a perfect shot-put throw just tells me this dude could've easily been a first round NFL lineman draft pick as well. i'm glad he chose to specialize in throwing!!!
He's been offered a few times
Dude probably could have started at LT.
I honestly believe that this guy might be a better athlete than half starting linemen in the NFL, then there's of course the technique, which if this guy developed he could be the best LT ever. Or can you even imagine him at pass rusher? Holy smokes
I think it would be cool if Crouser, Holloway and maybe a few other studs made a cameo at the NFL combine and just smoke everybody
He's like sumo wrestler, looking fatty big, but have still have big muscles and athletic strength in it
This was incredibly entertaining. No idea about the shot-put history. Thank you for showing this goat. He also broke is own record again in 2023, 23.56m.
Amazing video. Very nicer Storytelling! This was very well done.
Never thought I'd watch a shot put video, but here I am. And after having finished the video, I have no regrets. Kudos to Crouser for working hard and coming out on top even through the pandemic.
When are the ROIDERS going to be PROSECUTED for STEROIDS?
ROIDERS are LAW BREAKING UNHEALTHY FAKES!
Stay natural buddy!
I fear for those two standing there
Hey, second time replying you. Will u reply me back? You replied me once though
Dude c'mon, how???
Watch javelin throw and you fear more
Why are you here? Wait why am I here?
Yes
Good old Lorem ipsum 14:17. Lordy, I've done that often enough in my reports 🙂. Seriously, I came to mock ("another hyperbolic video, but maybe there'll be some good footage?") and stayed to admire. You do make good voiceover - very enjoyable. Thanks.
This is how you channel passion into great content that people with no interest in the subject watch all the way through.
I’ve met Kovacs on a couple of occasions, amazing athlete. We’re from the same area and his Mom was actually my High School Shot & Disc Coach. Great experience having her as a coach.
Stroudsburg?
@@brandonjasmin2928 Bethlehem Catholic I think
@@SigmaChirality makes sense, his mom use to sub in Stroudsburg
Attaboy lets go Brandon
With such an amazing role model in his life, no wonder why he is such an incredible athlete. I cant imagine how lucky you are to have that woman as a coach.
As a New Zealander I find this doco a source of heroic inspiration.
Crouser the G.O.A.T
Kovacs the B.E.A.S.T
Walsh the K.I.W.I
tbh im curious.
i know G.O.A.T is Greatest Of All Time.
whats the other acronyms if i may inquire?
@@DonVhanDude
Beast and Kiwi arent acronyms
Kovacs IS a beast of a thrower in any generation of historical throwers
Walsh is a Kiwi from New Zealand
I had to maintain a visual aesthetic with G.O.A.T
Hence
B.E.A.S.T & K.I.W.I
ah, okay. i thought, but im a little slow sometimes. thanks.
@@DonVhanDude I wasn’t smart enough to make an intelligent acronym up out of beast or kiwi that related to shot put ha ha ha
B.E.A.S.T. = Bloody Excellent Achievement Secondplace Truthfully.
If I add an “S”:-
K.I.W.I.S= Kind Individuals With Incredible Strength
I might have gotten away with that … ha ha ha
@@1Ma9iN8tive you nailed it, haha. anyone says otherwise theyre wrong, mate.
Amazing storytelling. This video is top class
Absolute respect to all 3 (Crouser, Kovacs, and Walsh). While one came out the clear winner, the other two are not even close to being sad in both photos. All 3 knew they've made history and are best friends for life. Then again, this is my first time seeing a documentary-ish video on this topic, so I hope I'm not far off by the slightest.
Unfortunately, there is a big difference in payout and recognition between winning gold and anything else in these sports that are not followed by millions or billions of people. They may have been happy at the time to witness such great competition, but there are real consequences for not attaining first place in the Olympics, and I can’t imagine shot put pays very well as an occupation outside of the Olympics and other high level competitions.
Dunnoh, theyre kinda fat.
I love seeing the way they compete together!
2:35 Thirty meters is impressive indeed for a third place!
pretty sure it's a typo right? I think it's meant to be 22.90, or am I wrong?
@@mitch7894 yeah, it's a joke man
@@Luca_5425 dont care if it was a joke, was wondering if it was a typo or not
@@mitch7894 if you want to be rude, so I'll be too.
@@mitch7894 no, you little piece of stupidity, the third place did way better than the 1st and 2nd, by 7 FUCKING METERS, because that'd make sense
When multiple people suddenly beat a world record in a row it just says to me that believe in you can do it is definitely part of it. As soon as someone sees someone else do it a lot of times it gets repeated. I think that's cool.
I must be way too cynical. My first tought was that they've found some new juice that isn't banned or tested for yet. You could be right though.
@@MrGundawindy Or found a better way to train or prepare or do things. From a American Football focused mind, this is what I thought of, I'm thinking of when certain offensive or defensive schemes first came out, and no one figured them out yet. Sometimes in competition, even after decades of 'everything has already been figured out awhile back', some smart SOB can come around and then everyone is doing one thing different, giving everyone just that split second difference on average :)
@@MrGundawindy There is two kinds of athletes that are in track and field at the highest level. Those who have been caught using PEDs and those who have not been caught using PEDs.
@@adrianbundy3249 My son got a scholarship to a Div. II college for football. Only a handful of players were not using PED's. He quit after his 2nd year realizing there is no way for him to compete without doing them. Don't be a idiot thinking some...little thing someone discovered made that kind of difference.
Sure, just believing it made them able to do it.
I don't know anything about shot put but I was INVESTED during this documentary! Well done!
Man, these three athletes just look like such total bros! It must an awesome competition.
Great video!
The "Lorem ipsum" left in at 14:16 is pretty funny tho
Does anybody else ever find themselves getting wicked emotional when you see athletes being pumped up and proud?
You can feel their passion to the sport
No
@@budlight2969 that's okay you're the drink of choice of thousands of emotionally devoid alcoholics who don't even care about their kids.
Hell yes, that's easily 15 years of experience that led up to that one moment
We can be touched a lil bit by their glory
No, no, no, nooo… video magnet!!!
OK, now I’m glued.
I am glad to see they all hugged afterwards, as they just made shotput history.
Imagine these guys using sumo techniques like harite, the opened hand palm strike to the face would knock the HELL out of you
They will separated my head from my body
Knock out?
This would most likely kill you.
It would kill you straight away
One slap from Crouser would split your soul from your body, most likely
That ball he is throwing is 5 kg and human head averages around 5 kg. So your head would at least fly 10 meters from your body 🤣
Imagine, just sitting on the field , as a sphere is hurtling at you at speeds that would literally cave your skull in. Those measurement guys have guts man.
Their balls are bigger and heavier than the ones being thrown, really.
@@CARILYNF cheeky breeki idol chilling
its not as fast as you think, it goes at a very high arc, you just need to make sure you step to the side, you literally have a few seconds to do it lol
My dad was a track coach, and saw somebody get hit by an unexpected javelin throw once. The guy was surprisingly not seriously hurt.
As a discus thrower, I was warming up one time and the discus slipped out, very nearly hit a girl standing nearby, we were both shocked by the close call.
Not so much guts, but focus! LoL. I'd be daydreaming, then: Boom! Out like a light.
Amazing video. Somebody gotta hire you man!
Something very similar and probably more crazy occurred in a worlds weightlifting final.
Ilya Ilyin competed against two other world class lifters. They had only 3 lifts. Each of them missed one.
Then, all three of them broke the world record back to back on their last three lifts of the competition, with Ilya Ilyin tying the overall competition and winning by criteria (body weight).
This is on that same level.
It’s amazing what humans are producing in the area of athletic performance.
My favorite sports moment in history - I rewatch that session every few months
Watching a big man wind up, spin, and throw like that without tripping over the board and falling flat on his face is a thing of beauty. I started throwing the shot put in my junior year of high school for our varsity track team. I joined because I could throw it as far as my other two friends that were already doing it. What's funny is the coaches didn't even bother working with us. They were working the freshmen and sophomores. I think they viewed us as a lost cause, and looking back I can't blame them. We never took it seriously. We hardly ever went to practice. We'd just show up on Saturdays and get a ribbon every once in a while. I had absolutely no form. None uf us did, other than lunging backwards towards the board, then turning and pushing the heavy ball off your chin. I can definitely see the advantage of the windup, and it looks amazing!
Windup looks surreal to me.
In middle school we had a shot put lesson during p.e. once, and I had much fun. So I joined the track team just for that. Well... it was horrible experience. Bastard coach taught me nothing. Didn't even try. Was too busy training his daughter and two sons who were all mid to long runners. He insisted I pick up some distance and a few field disciplines too. But I hated running, was extra slow, wasn't interested in long jump, kept failing high jump to the point my body would just refuse to jump from fear of hitting the bar again, and didn't want to do discuss throws. I just wanted to do shot put. And almost never got time for it. Mandatory training (running/sprints) would often take up all practice. Sun would be down and everybody going home. When I asked about shot put practice I was told I was free to stay and do it. In the dark.
So I started coming early in the morning, 7 am, just to practice before school. I would squat and then throw as I knew nothing. Till coach of tennis team took pity on me and got some info on the form. Improved dramatically. The lunge variation. Broke school record at practice but only a few people were watching and we never measured it properly. I know I broke it cuz it was 10.80 and I got over 11m line. Coach ignored me. Said to do it during actual competition.
That weekend was competition day. And I got put into 4x4 relay. Which came during shot put so I had to run first. By the time we were done shot put was also done. And I was done with the bs. Returned uniform the next day and quit.
@@user-un-known
Oh damn!!! Sorry to hear about all the bs. Every once in a while at some of our track meets, they'd have a special race for the "big guys." It was mostly the shot put guys, which is how I qualified. They called it the "Fat Man Relay." I don't know if today's climate of always being politically correct would allow for such a thing. Each team consisted of four runners and we'd have to run one whole lap each. I was a ringer since I technically wasn't fat at 6 ft tall and a fairly lean 180 lbs. I definitely was not a sprinter because I hated running too. But I could run faster than all the other guys competing in the Fat Man relay. I could pretty comfortably run the lap and get my team the lead. It's kinda funny, looking back now I think I had more fun competing in those Fat Man Relays than throwing the shot put, lol.
@@bryanrussell6679 Haha, it's always more fun to win after trying hard.
My middle school shite was 25 years ago and I still remember it. Bad memories last longer.
I think at that age when no one has practiced for years, natural ability hold more sway over results. Amazing how we could just do things. Like you running faster than other "fatty" dudes lol
You're probably right. In this age that name would be a no no. Sad. It's not like it held any malice, I think. Otherwise no one would compete anyway.
My man we used to do this in our conference in NC as well, our fat man 4x100 actually took a ribbon one meet lol
@@ogwasd1896
That's awesome. I'm glad to hear the Fat Man Relay wasn't just a local thing, lol.
I used to do discus and shot put. And these guys have to have iron asses because my thighs and glutes used to burn after practice. The power transfer is ridiculous and your body genuinely adapts to it over time. It's something I won't regret doing because of how much it taught me about the sport. It is underrated and really takes SO MUCH.
I could throw the discus about as far as they throw the shot. And that was the high-school weight discus.
Granted that was 10th, 11th grade, and they are post-college, but still...
I can still impress people on the rare occasions when I need to throw firewood or something similar.
Unexpected joy that watch, mad respect for those men.
Never been this excited about shotput before and not sure I ever will again!
I love how kovacs didn't even have to wait to know he threw an amazing shot
You see the same thing in other sports. That baseball player who knows he hit a homerun as soon as the ball leaves the bat, the basketball player who knows the ball will go in the net as soon as it leaves his hands. After doing the same procedure thousands of times these athletes know when the feel of everything falling into place.
One minute you're watching a Cute animal tiktok compilation.
The other you're totally invested in watching a short documentary about the world record of a sport you've only watched when changing channels during the Olympics.
Gotta love the algorithm
Those 5 minutes of the final round were the most stressful, exciting, and full of plot twists I have ever seen.
14:17 that lorem ipsum got me lol
very nice video btw
I was a thrower in high school(2018) I looked up to Ryan Crouser and he pushed me to become a better thrower. Today he still holds the National HS discus record of 237'5" and a shot-put throw of 73'5". He threw both those throws in a SINGLE day(the video is on youtube somewhere). To put this in perspective how crazy this is. I only threw 160'+ and was top 10 in my state for 2018. Only a couple handful of kids throw 200'+ in the discus throw and 70'+ for shot-put in the WORLD. He will forever be the GOAT and his name widely is not known. He needs to throw discus next. I believe he could get the world record for sure.
Dude was ready to rip muscles for records.
70’ for shotput is fucking insane. I was throwing mid-high 40s and was a top competitor in my region.
You need eat more pills, keep up the work.
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As someone who has competed in the shot put event, albeit at schoolboy level, I find that television coverage of it is woeful to say the least, so to find a whole half an hour devoted to the sport was incredible, thank you.
In case you're interested I was the London under 20 champion in 1981 at the age of seventeen. I'd been competing against other schools in the London area since the age of eleven and I had a totally unbeaten record.
At the risk of sounding boastful I never once lost a competition in my entire career, but I wasn't good enough to make the England junior squad, my throws were just not long enough to be considered, but against the twelve or thirteen schools in the South East London area I was unbeatable, even, as I say, when I entered the whole of London championship at Crystal Palace in 1981.
I loved the shot put and used to practice regularly but unlike the these real athletes I could not jump high or run fast. Once again, thank you for this absorbing documentary.
that sounds awesome....
"Career" 🤣
@@meichong8278 i don't see anything that is spelt wrong
@@meichong8278 it’s shot put
@@meichong8278 i forgot
“Oh my goodness me” in a British accent will never get old.
excellent video, you made this very fun to watch!
Every single one of his throws was better than Third place's best in the final game (His personal best).
I have thrown mine way further than him
@@ArtemisYT-te1yh same mine went around the globe too but it was too fast to see so it just looks like it was a 6 meter throw
@@ArtemisYT-te1yh You should go to an Olympic event, then, because you're missing out on a lot of money.
(Realistically though, it's not impossible to throw further than them... you just need a lighter ball. If you don't know how heavy are the balls they are throwing, it seems a lot less impressive.)
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UA-cam : "You wanna see powerlifters doing ballet dance moves to throw a stone ?"
me : "I didn't know I wanted to see that"
super interesting thanks for the video and info!
One of the best video thumbnails on all of UA-cam.
I love the look of those big burly guys performing a ballet looking dance before the throw, it has something mesmerizing
thinking the same thing, tbh
Like elephants in Disney’s Fantasia.
The finesse and power you need to be successful in shotput is truly something you can't appreciate unless you've tried it yourself. To be able to gracefully spin across a tiny ring with a 16 pound metal ball tucked into your neck, and then launch that ball 70+ feet is just unreal athletic ability.
Shotput and Hammer Throw are amazing athletes.
I just wanted to say: this is the best thumbnail ever.
Walsh's form is perhaps the most beautiful in the sport.
14:17 Lorem ipsum 👀👀
This was the only event ever where there was a repeat of the same exact order for the podium in all of Olympic history
prove it
@@jhanczaryk5766 no
@Powdermyhead69 didn't ask you
@@jhanczaryk5766 no
@Alex Gagging didnt ask you
Okay this was a good video, and is was pretty informative but man I felt like i was grasping at straws waiting for the FINAL answer and longest throw.
felt like i was getting blue balled
Great video, how he isn’t a starting tackle or TE in the NFL getting millions is wild
Amazing storytelling. I couldn’t care less about shot put. Never watched it. Fascinated by it now! That was very well scripted and edited!
bro, he hit the "zone", you know when you got that feeling? like you're feeling so natural, you react on all instincts, yeah he's in it all the time
Kuroko no basket 😂
Shut up
@@VFrost224 you on period or something Karen Turner?
You’re thinking of Flow!
Spectacular effort !!!
I knew Crouser in college, we worked out at the same gym. I'll never forget the one time I was doing squats and he came up to me and said:
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I’m intoxicated with the feeling of watching someone surpass themselves, and all who came before them. It is one of the uncountable number of things that is truly Epic. Thanks for the video.
I was a thrower on my track team in high school, it opened my eyes to some of the most underrated sports and I can tell you for certain that a shot put is not easy to throw but extremely fun.
Don't forget in the 2019 World Champs that Romani also bettered the Championship record and recorded one of the best throws in history, but was well off the pace. You have to feel for him and Walsh. Walsh put out the 22.90 in the first round and spent the entire competition trying to better that mark putting out some absolutely massive throws which ended up being fouls. He wasn't to know that he would end up losing on countback - instead, he was focused on trying to put the shot further than anyone and history. Huge kudos to the man for his brave tactics in the competition!
Great content guys!!
2:35 - The distances of 29.91 and 29.90 are extra impressive. It is amazing the difference a typo can make.
Especially considering the distance between the 2 and 9 on the keyboard...
I caught that @2:32 too, lol.
But what's funnier is you just typoed "29.21" in that comment, instead of what the video showed as "29.91" (and was really supposed to have been "22.91")
Guess the 2 and 9 keys really are close
@@Night_Hawk_475 Damn... totally missed that one! 🤣
@@Night_Hawk_475 LMAOOOOO
@@Night_Hawk_475 Oh no!
"will never happen again"
20 years later: "the minimum standard for primary schoolers is a throw of 50 meters. Anyone below that clearly isn't taking their morning multi-Flinstone vitamins."
20 years, prolly not. But you are right. And it's the sort of thing I think that will still happen much sooner than some people think.
@@adrianbundy3249 The fact that new generations of athletes consistently do better than their predecessors should make you ask the question what new drug technology has been invented in those intervening years instead of how much better they are.
@@Hooga89 Conversely, our understanding of health is going up year by year as well. Lool at the health diet and lifestyle of Brady. That was not a thing considered optimal 90 years ago, and it is backed by studies of what foods might help lifespan, etc in the recent decades.
For those with the dedication and resources, such knowledge should make some difference.
Not just drugs. But also, research into every aspect from food to what exercises to do, when, and why for certain results all helps.
And commitment to perfection in all, will make people simply better than 100 years ago when people simply didn't have the actual hard numbers in these things to do them all right even if they wanted to.
@@Hooga89 we are already plateauing even without the drugs.
@@carlosandleon and then lazy people call it routine
Forgot abt the performances, helluva cinematic experience with this video 👏
I still don't know how I was there, but these guys are incredibles. Liked.
I love how the 3 kings met again for this battle in Japan Olympics. You know its an anime battle moment, when Crouser takes off his hat to limit break.
Anime battle moment 💀💀
14:17 : lorem ipsum cracked me up as a web dev
As a former student of architecture, I had the same reaction :D
I’m a current architecture student who does video as a side hustle and see those words too many times to admit. I can probably write the first 20 words off by heart so seeing them in this video made me lose it.
haha, glad other people spotted that. I was thinking the same thing as a dev. lorem ipsum dolor...
LMAOOO
God this auto translate shit in the comments is getting annoying
The thumbnail cracks me up anyways interesting video definitely deserves a thumbs up.
This video made me feel their passion 🏋🏻