2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Men's Shot Put Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Ryan Crouser (USA) of USA reacts. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - American Ryan Crouser hurled the longest throw of his life to win the men's shot put final on Thursday, breaking the Olympic record and snatching gold.
The 23-year-old set three personal bests in the final and his longest throw of 22.52 metres shattered an Olympic record set by East Germany's Ulf Timmermann in 1988.
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