Thre real test of a champion is when, under much duress, you produce. That is what Tom Walsh did in the men’s shot put. He kept his cool, under much pressure and won the gold medal, with a throw of 22.03 meters. Joe Kovacs tried, but did not overtake Walsh, with Kovac’s best at 21.66 meters. . Stipe Zunic, from Croatia, threw 21.44 meters, for the bronze. Stipe started out as a javelin thrower, and his move to the shot put rewarded him with his first global medal!
Tom Walsh, gold medal, London 2017, photo by PhotoRun.net
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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