¶'09 WC mSP: Christian Cantwell 72-3½ (22.03) WL

[bhall]

THE FORMCHART
1. Tadeusz Majewski (Poland) .........21.51 .......72-¼ (’09)
2. Reese Hoffa (USA) .......................22.43 .......73-7¼ (’07)
3. Christian Cantwell (USA) ............22.54.....73-11½ (’04)
4. Andrey Mikhnevich (Belarus) .....22.00 .......72-2¼ (’08)
5. Adam Nelson (USA) .....................22.51.....73-10¼ (’02)
6. Dan Taylor (USA) ..........................21.78 .......71-5½ (’09)
7. Dylan Armstrong (Canada) .........21.04 .......69-¼ (’08)
8. Dorian Scott (Jamaica) ................21.45 .......70-4½ (’08)
9. Ralf Bartels (Germany) ................21.43 .......70-3¾ (’06)
10. Pavel Sofyin (Russia).................20.80 .......68-3 (’09)

[Marlow]

UISA picked at 2, 3, and 5. One or two will disappoint. Hoffa could still win . . . or finish 6th.

[Jon]

Majewski's PB is 21.95m.

[LopenUupunut]

Majewski's PB is 21.95m.

All PBs from the last few weeks are missing (though of course that's still worth noting). I don't think he's changed his name in that span, though... (Igor Ukhov is another similarly mysterious entry.)

[rson]

Dorian Scott is out with an injury.

[Alan Shank]

As preview points out, the Americans really tend to foul a lot, especially Nelson, while Majewski and, I believe, Mikhnevich, are gliders and very steady in the ring. If Hoffa or Cantwell catches one and stays in the ring, either could win. Should be interesting.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA

[Bruno]

Majewski's first name is Tomasz, not Tadeusz...
I think he will go over 22 m for victory.

[NormZylstra]

Armstrong

IMO Armstrong is ranked too low. I think this will be his medal meet along with a new Canadian record. He PBed in Beijing and will do it again in Berlin.

gold: Majewski - 21.56m
silver: Armstrong - .21.30m
bronze: Cantwell - 21.19m

[imaginative]

There seems to be an inconsistency in the metric-imperial
conversion for 1 and 6.

[LopenUupunut]

There seems to be an inconsistency in the metric-imperial
conversion for 1 and 6.

It's just that they've updated Majewski's PB in imperial but not in metric. :?

[Jnathletics]

Re: Armstrong

gold: Majewski - 21.56m
silver: Armstrong - .21.30m
bronze: Cantwell - 21.19m

Hoffa wins no doubt
Cantwell silver
Majewski Bronze IMHO :wink:

[dreambrother]

it was Nelson in '05, Hoffa in '07, so now i guess... :wink:

1. Cantwell 22.16 (if he gets one of his huge throws in)
2. Majewski 22.06
3. Hoffa 21.47

if not then he'll be second with 21.55

I secretly hope than Nelson's gonna upset one of them though

I guess I might be a bit optimistic about distances but it's about time for one great competition 8-)

[Walt Murphy]

The men's shot put won't be completed before NBC goes off the air, but an update will be given during the gymnastics coverage that follows. A full report will be included in the Versus show later in the day.

[imaginative]

Gymnastics coverage ?!?

Is it 2012 already?

[richxx87]

woo hoo! It's ON.
Found a live vid stream, clear and clean. Weather in Berlin looks fine. Crowd sparse.