Reese Hoffa of USA on his way to gold in the men's Shot Put final (© Getty Images)
From his first throw on (21.41m), the issue was not in doubt as America’s Reese Hoffa took gold with a personal best 22.11 (round 2), going one better than the World Indoor silver he took in 2004 and adding to Pan-Am gold from 2003. That distance also represented the eighth longest throw of all time after Randy Barnes 22.66 from 1989.
In second place was Belarus’ Andrey Mikhnevich with a personal best 21.37, his second of the final, while Denmark’s Joachim Olsen repeated his 2004 World Indoor bronze on 21.16 (also 2004 Olympic bronze).
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