This Will NEVER Happen Again! || THE ICONIC WORLD RECORD FROM THE G.O.A.T

Imagine throwing your best in your life, you think you've got it in the bag, then 2 other dudes throw the best in their life and make you get bronze.

Keep in mind, that steel ball weighs 16 pounds ( 7.26 kg ) . So it's the same weight as a professional bowling ball.

It's 2023 and he holds the world record at 23.56m. What an absolute beast.

UPDATE from 21/9/2023: Crouser has increased his WR to 23.57. There have only been 17 throws over 23.00m and Crouser has 13 of them. He has also thrown over 22m 240 times. I can't help wondering how he'd do in World's Strongest Man. Of course he's need to train for it but once he got some experience under his belt I think he'd do well, particularly in some of the more athletic events.

Seeing Crouser as a skinny HS kid was something I didn't expect

The measurement guys standing so close to the landing spot is stonks for anxiety

Here's how good this video is: I've never cared about the shot put in my life, but i was locked in for this whole story. Well done! And Crouser is incredible.

14:16 seeing the "Lorem Ipsum" that never got filled in gave me a chuckle.

It’s so funny, yet inspiring, to see grown men throw rocks and then start screaming their heads off.

I feel like these guys see each other so often on the victory podiums that they're probably good friends.

What incredible balance and poise these big guys have. Not all about strength. Mad respect for this sport! 👏

This is literally the first time i've ever seen anything about Shot-Put in my life, but damn this video is engaging af, the narration is really objective, the summary is excellent, you tackled all the important points here. Thanks for sharing one of those stories so rare that they'll probably never happen again in history and making it exciting even to outsiders, this is wow, just wow. Amazing feats of what humans can achieve !

Basically any topic is interesting when presented by a passionate person. I swear I never would've thought I'd enjoy a shot put video. Great work

Fun fact: The 2021 Shot put was the only event in summer-Olympic history where the podium was the exact same as the previous games. Crouser 1, Kovacs 2, Walsh 3.

I grew up surrounded by professional sportsmen (basketball,handball,table tennis,footbal) in high-school (Yugoslavia,Europe) and heard a lot of stories about different athletes. One was about our shot putting champion, at the time European champion Saračević who I saw in person after some local competition which was just part of his preparation for the Olympics. My handball friend who saw him train witnessed him dunking the basketball jumping from standing position and dude was HUGE. He was about 1,96-7 (6'6) and about 130kg (290 pounds). All athletes were unanimous that shot putters were the strongest humans without any doubt. Before people were arguing if weight lifters were stronger than gymnasts -- well shot putters beat them both,because they have the mass,strength and agility at unbelievable superhuman levels. Respect!

There's something elegant watching the shot thrown from behind like that. It's easy to see whether or not there's a smooth acceleration both in the spin and the forward momentum combining into this Pirouette of Power.

For all of us skinny-ass distance runners, the shot-put final in Doha was all we talked about for at least a week. It was terrific.

Honestly, shot put is such an underrated event in Track and Field. It’s often overshadowed by more popular events such at the 100m and 1500m, but I’m so happy that legends such as Kovacs and Crouser are bringing the attention that this event deserves.

i was a discus and shot put proidgy in middleschool i reached 140ft in disc by 8th grade and 39ft in 7th grade for shot. i became an alcoholic in 8th grade and later a drug addict. to this day my biggest regret isn’t the drugs or drinking it’s that i gave up on the one thing that gave me actual long term gratification, being recognized for doing good. i am now 18 and 6 months sober and this video while amazing brought up some strong emotions. i will never forget how much my 5-6th grade coach, coach McKay helped me. he was a cool guy and almost an olympic athlete in 2002. I will always love throwing sports and hope my kid some day picks up where i left off. I’m also only 5’9” and a big build so i would have had a hard time if i continued. i stopped growing at 13.

I love your videos because of the way they are written. I know that when I click on one of your videos, I will learn something, I will be entertained, and I will end up having genuine interest in the subject matter, regardless if I was interested in it prior to me clicking on the video. I swear man, you could make a video on how amazing it is for paint to dry, and a paint drying world record that will never be broken, and youll have me hook, line and sinker