shot put

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Massey later defended her shot put title with a throw of 52-9.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Nicoll is also a three-time British shot put champion and is targeting an appearance at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Jamaica's Rajindra Campbell won the shot put with a 2026 world best of 21.77m.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Her attorney, Joshua Block of the American Civil Liberties Union, said she has been winning in the shot put and discus “through hard work and practice.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

One shot put the wireless apparatus on the Anglo-Californian out of action.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various