[1/2]Athletics – World Athletics Championship – Men’s shot put – National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary – August 19, 2023 Ryan Crouser of the U.S. in action during the final REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Acquire Licensing Rights
BUDAPEST, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Remarkable American Ryan Crouser continued his red-hot streak when he twice broke his own championship record and signed off with a huge 23.51 metres to win world championship shot put gold for the second time in a row on Saturday.
The double Olympic champion smashed his own world record in May with 23.56m and cranked out four efforts beyond 22 metres on Saturday, the enormous last one – the second-best throw in history – coming with the gold already secure.
Leonardo Fabbri took a surprise silver for Italy with a personal best 22.34 – the first time he has gone beyond 22 metres. American former champion Joe Kovacs won bronze with 22.12.
Reporting by Mitch Phillips, Editing by Hugh Lawson
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