Ryan Crouser threw the shot put at 23.56m, 19 centimetres higher than the previous record. The 30-year-old American, two-time reigning Olympic champion, erased from the shelves his previous reference mark of 23.37m set in 2021 during the American selections for the Olympics, in Eugene (Oregon) His throw was first measured at.
23.58m before the organizers revised the mark down by 2 cm. The World Athletics Championships, of which he is the titleholder, take place in Budapest in August.