PARIS — The best shot putter in track and field’s history spent this spring and summer experiencing something unusual: vulnerability.
Doctors didn’t clear him to resume throwing the 16-pound metal shot until almost June.
Only four men have thrown past 75 feet, 5 1/2 inches (23 meters) — and Crouser has done it nine times.
It is not as though Crouser has won multiple Olympic and world championships while beating up on inferior competition, either.
“I don’t really talk when I see him training because he’s the world record holder,” said triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert, a medal contender from Jamaica who competes collegiately for Arkansas.
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PARIS, Paris Olympics, London Athletics, Stade de France, University of Arkansas, Razorbacks
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Oregon, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris, U.S, Rio, Fayetteville , Arkansas, Jamaica, Arkansas