Hoffa Explodes!!

[macthrow]

2005 Millrose Games
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Event 18 Men Shot Put VISA
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Reese Hoffa New York A.C. 21.62m 70-11.25
FOUL 20.19m FOUL 21.62m
2 John Godina adidas 21.17m 69-05.50
21.17m FOUL FOUL FOUL
3 Adam Nelson Unattached 21.00m 68-10.75
20.65m 20.35m 20.77m 21.00m
4 Christian Cantwell Nike 20.37m 66-10.00
20.14m 20.37m FOUL FOUL

[hammer forever]

Re: Hoffa Explodes!!

Nelson connected on all four throws- no fouls....

[pela2]

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Explodes?

had it been over 22m so...

[Jon]

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>Explodes?
had it been over 22m so...




Must admit, I was thinking the same (so being clearly under 22 was maybe a bit of a downer - not even a PB!).

But still good to see Hoffa doing well, making US men's SP'ing even more unpredictable than it already is!!

REALLY wouldn't have guessed Nelson and Cantwell finishing in the bottom two... Did anyone see what Godina's three fouls were like?

[trackstar]

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Oh, you meant throwing ... I was worried you meant literally.

[marknhj]

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After his disaster in the OTs I thought Cantwell would come out and throw huge this indoor season. Wonder what's up with him?

[Bigblue86]

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A lot of throwers have trouble during the indoor season. They have trouble with the indoor shot. The bigger circumfrence of it makes it a bit more difficult to grasp sometimes.

[macthrow]

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Hoffa improved by almost five feet in one week i.e. 66' 1/4" to 70' 11 1/4". If you are not impressed by such an accomplishment then it is fairly obvious that other than familiarity with track and field statistics you do not know the event.

[Jon]

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>A lot of throwers have trouble during the indoor season. They have trouble with
>the indoor shot. The bigger circumfrence of it makes it a bit more difficult to
>grasp sometimes.




But Cantwell, the reigning World INDOOR Champ, has never seemed to have had any problems throwing indoors before.

[BisonHurdler]

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>>A lot of throwers have trouble during the indoor season. They have trouble
>with
>the indoor shot. The bigger circumfrence of it makes it a bit more
>difficult to
>grasp sometimes.






This is what happens when a poster's knowledge of an event is limited to last week's ESPN broadcast....







edit: for clarity.

[guru]

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oh boy.

Jon, deep breaths.

[tafnut]

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>Hoffa improved by almost five feet in one week i.e. 66' 1/4" to 70' 11 1/4".>If you are not impressed by such an accomplishment then it is fairly obvious>that other than familiarity with track and field statistics you do not know the
>event.<

It's not a PR, and how do you know that his result last week was not just an off-day?

[Jon]

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>That's what happens when a poster's knowledge of an
>event is limited to last week's ESPN broadcast....




Guess again.

Being a Brit, I have never watched ESPN in my life. However, I was in the stadium, watching the SP when he won the World Indoor title (admittedly, I think that's the only time I have EVER seen him compete, as most of his comps are US-based and not televised here in Europe).

But still, I'm not the only one to pick up on there being a bit of a difference to last year. Yes, during last year he was less consistent indoors than outdoors, but he still went the whole indoor season undefeated and won the WICh. Compare that to this year, and he has already lost two of his three meets, when most fans thought that the OT fiasco would have motivated him to throw further this year.

That is all I was commenting on.

[Jon]

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>Hoffa improved by almost five feet in one week





I think, to most fans, that is called 'inconsistency' and not 'improving' per se.

If he is in 21.60+ form, then obviously he was having an off-day with his 20.12m from Boston.

[Bob R]

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It is a massive indoor PB; previous was 21.07 in Budapest.