World record.....while on commercial break.
World record.....while on commercial break.
Watched the attempt in person, crowd reaction was so delayed. Even after the mark came up nobody cheered, took announcer another minute to announce as WR. Also I thought it landed well inside the yellow line which I presume is the WR marker? If anyone has a video link to replay?
Best performance in the meet so far. NBC just showed tape of it.
23.38 | 76-8 1/2 Ryan Crouser (US) 1/29/22
23.37 | 76-8¼ ----------Crouser (US) 6/18/21
23.30 | 76-5½ ————Crouser 8/05/21
23.15 | 75-11½ ————Crouser 8/21/21
23.06 | 75-8 Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 5/22/88
23.01 | 75-6 ————Crouser 5/22/21
22.95 | 75-3½ ————Crouser ! 8/21/21
22.93 | 75-2¾ ————Crouser ! 8/05/21
22.92 | 75-2½ ————Crouser 6/18/21
22.91 | 75-2 Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 8/12/87
22.91 | 75-2 Joe Kovacs (US) 10/05/19
22.91 | 75-2 ————Crouser 7/18/20
Gary Hill @ T&F News is reporting from a reliable source that there's been a SERIOUS screw-up in the measuring the men's shot at Millrose. This "WR" probably won't be ratified, unfortunately, due to Millrose bozos.
2:18 at the casino and way off the grid wrote:
Best performance in the meet so far. NBC just showed tape of it.
NBC Coverage of shot was pretty poor. I say this as a distance fan.
Sounds like another American attempt to cheat - no real surprise. this time by the officials as usual. No American mark (see Flojo 100m) should ever be accepted for a record.
Feeling triggered, soy-boy?
The live results page shows the event crossed out and when you click on it there are no results. Sounds like what others are saying, that the measurements were messed up somehow and they couldn't post any legit results. I wonder if all the throws were off by the same amount or proportion and they can still tell who won? Like will athletes still get prize money?
This is what happens when you have nothing but people over 70 years old doing the measuring.
MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:
This is what happens when you have nothing but people over 70 years old doing the measuring.
The 70+ year olds were actually really good at it. this is what happens when you place too much faith in laser measurement systems pushed by 20- and 30-something year olds who only grew up with technology, without having a trusty 70 year old on deck with a backup tape measurement
habs wrote:
MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:
This is what happens when you have nothing but people over 70 years old doing the measuring.
The 70+ year olds were actually really good at it. this is what happens when you place too much faith in laser measurement systems pushed by 20- and 30-something year olds who only grew up with technology, without having a trusty 70 year old on deck with a backup tape measurement
Interesting observation - did they really hire that inexperienced of officials at the Millrose games shot put who were just in their 20’s or 30’s? I was not there, but it is shocking to be at a meet and see a single official under 40.
The mark was already questionable during the event. According to reports, prior to the event, a marker was set out at the World Record. The Crouser's reported WR effort was short of that marker, which led several spectators to wonder about the measurement's accuracy during the event. In fact, every shot putters' marks were inaccurate. Lastly, in one of the post event pictures a tape measure can be spotted amongst the athletes.
R. Crouser has a build similar to European shot putters. Most U.S. shot putters are 5'11" to 6'2". Reason: R. Crouser is built like a Hall of Fame N.F.L. offense tackle. Most 6'5" plus strong and athletic 325 pound U.S. men are playing on Sundays, N.F.L.
These bulky Europeans evolved during the Napoleonic Wars to help fend off the Grand Armee when powder was running low. Still a dangerous weapon when thrown.
retired OC coach wrote:
The mark was already questionable during the event. According to reports, prior to the event, a marker was set out at the World Record. The Crouser's reported WR effort was short of that marker, which led several spectators to wonder about the measurement's accuracy during the event. In fact, every shot putters' marks were inaccurate. Lastly, in one of the post event pictures a tape measure can be spotted amongst the athletes.
Just how hard is it to measure the shot putt?
No, the officials looked old as usual. But the issue wasn't all their fault, my point was the technology is the issue here -- they were using the laser system without any steel tape backup at all. Even when the "WR" was thrown, they did not immediately steel tape measure it. Only several throws later did they try to do that, and by that time it was an invalid measurement anyways
Then the followup question would be "who made the choice to rely so heavily on the tech", and I doubt the answer to that would be anyone over 70 years old. Most older officials I have seen online on FB groups / etc prefer the steel tape a lot more