That was again a great competition. There was some concern about Ryan CROUSER for medical reasons , but finally he was there , and how ! He took the lead in the 1st attempt and hold it through the competition until the last round where he managed a great 23.51m , 2nd best ever throw , only 4cm from  his world record ! The duel between the American and the NZL throwers did happen , but it was finally a third , the Italian FABBRI , who made it to the silver medal with a 22.34m PB throw in the 3rd round after being very close to be eliminated when finishing only last of the qualifications. FABBRI nearly made it to an even more unexpected ”exploit” when fouling a possible 23m throw. The Kiwis had to get away without their usual medal when , in spite of a 22.05m throw , Tom WALSH was beaten by Joe KOWACS by 7cm for the bronze when Jacko GILL finally finished 6th after being for a while in the battle for the medals. Disappointment for ROMANI , leader after the qualifications with a 22m+ throw , and the Italian WEIR who was expected to be among the contenders . You had to throw over 20,74m to get into the top 12 and over 20.88m to make it into the top 8 !

Available documents : 1-Final Poids H Budapest 2023 full competition 480 quality -2-Final Shot put M Budapest 2023 1st round (HD) -3-Final Shot put M Budapest 2023 2nd round (HD) -4-Final Shot put M Budapest 2023 3rd round (HD) -5-Final Shot put M Budapest 2023 4th round  (HD) -6 Final Shot put M Budapest 2023 5th and 6th rounds (HD)

Documents to come ; 7-Shot put M Budapest 2023 Qualif A  -8-Shot put M Budapest 2023 Qualif B