[1/2] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's shot put - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 19, 2023 Ryan Crouser of the U.S. in action during the final REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Remarkable American Ryan Crouser continued his red-hot streak when he twice broke his own championship record and signed off with a huge 23.51 metres to win world championship shot put gold for the second time in a row on Saturday.
The double Olympic champion smashed his own world record in May with 23.56m and cranked out four efforts beyond 22 metres on Saturday, the enormous last one - the second-best throw in history - coming with the gold already secure.
Leonardo Fabbri took a surprise silver for Italy with a personal best 22.34 – the first time he has gone beyond 22 metres.
American former champion Joe Kovacs won bronze with 22.12.
Reporting by Mitch Phillips, Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Ryan Crouser, Kai Pfaffenbach, Leonardo Fabbri, Joe Kovacs, Mitch Phillips, Hugh Lawson
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Budapest, Hungary, Italy, American