shot putter


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Noun1.shot putter - an athlete who competes in the shot putshot putter - an athlete who competes in the shot put
athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports
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UK ATHLETICS apologised to Rabah Yousif after a reserve shot putter was named in the 4x400m relay at the European Team Championships instead of the Teesside sprinter.
The men were forced out of their relay after it was discovered reserve shot putter Youcef Zatat was entered in their line-up instead of Rabah Yousif.
The Philippines' chance of achieving its target gold medal haul of 14 in the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) got a big boost after Patafa chief Philip Ella Juico bared the acquisition of a Fil-Am shot putter Willie Morrison.
And senior shot putter Quinisha Emaual placed sixth with a heave of 30 feet, 8 inches.
Summary: Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 25 (ANI): Indian shot putter, Tajinderpal Singh Toor on Saturday set a record in the men's shot put event with his throw of 20.75 meters to clinch India's seventh gold medal at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games.
Thankfully for the Welsh shot putter she just about held on, with a World Para Athletics European Championship gold medal her welldeserved prize.
Cheng, 24, alongside Huang and female shot putter Lin Chia-ying, are currently competing in Sweden to gear up for the Asian Games, which will begin Aug.
A native of Beverly Hills, Mich., Mann was easily the best women's shot putter to compete at Oregon.
Meanwhile, Anglian Medal Hunt have spent exactly ` 12.35 lakh on Bhiwanibased shot putter Inderjeet Singh.
Wales Commonwealth Games silver medalist Sally Peake will be starting her indoor season in the pole vault while Paralympian Aled Sion Davies, discus specialist Brett Morse and shot putter Gareth Winter are set to renew their rivalry in the men's shot.
Briton Paul Edwards, 55, a former Olympic shot putter, has been fighting to clear his name since being banned after a positive test in 1994.