Tokyo 2021 Diary: Considering Ryan Crouser....

I had just sat down to watch the American Track League, meeting one, and on the first throw, Ryan Crouser let er rip. 22.82 meters! On January 24, 2021, just minutes into the broadcast, Ryan Crouser showed what he had done for fifteen months. He set a new world record. A couple weeks later, during an interview, I asked Ryan, “Can you go over 23.20m?” Ryan answered, yes and he thought he could do it this season.

Ryan Crouser, American Track League, photo by Kevin Morris /Kevmofoto

Now, move ahead to June 18, 2021. In the second attempt of his Trials qualifying, Ryan Crouser went 22.92m, setting a new Hayward Field record. We pretty much knew that Crouser was so fit, so tuned, so relaxed, that the world record of Randy Barnes was begging to be challenged.

In the final that evening, Ryan Crouser made history, he erased Randy Barnes’s world record with his own might 23.37 meters. The throw was nearly perfect, and Ryan told us later that felt that the back part of his throw was the best he had done. “I had gotten out of my own way,” Ryan noted.

Please enjoy this archived #Socialing the Distance on Ryan Crouser. Ryan is a student of his event, and it is fascinating to see how Ryan Crouser has built himself in 2021 as all roads lead to Tokyo.

Ryan Crouser, June 18, 2021, photo by Kevin Morris / Kemofoto

How will Ryan Crouser do in Tokyo? Well, the favorite of the Tokyo Olympics, Ryan Crouser should put on a major display in the Olympic stadium. If, as Ryan Crouser noted himself, he can stay out of his own way, we might see something pretty special.

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Larry Eder
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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