By Amy Tennery
PARIS (Reuters) -American Ryan Crouser became the first man to “three-peat” in the Olympic shot put on Saturday, adding another gold medal to his packed trophy cabinet with a mighty throw of 22.90 metres.
His compatriot Joe Kovacs won silver and Jamaica’s Rajindra Campbell took bronze.
The world record holder battled with a nerve issue in his elbow this year but had no issues at the Stade de France as he produced his best throw of the season on his third attempt and clapped with satisfaction.
The win underlined the United States’ total dominance of the event as they have now won 20 men’s Olympic shot put gold medals. The next closest country is Poland with three.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in Paris; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Ed Osmond)
