World Class Shotputters are amazing athletes!
For a long time, Randy barnes held the Vertical Leap record at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, at about 315 lbs. bodyweight. Amazing athlete if you think of all the Basketball players, high jumpers, long an triple jumpers and weight lifters who go through there...
Check out the 1988 Olympic Shotput final. The greatest final in history.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKuqpxmKKk"]GREATEST shot put competition EVER , ULF vs. BARNES. - YouTube[/ame]
6 Olympic records. The winner Ulf Timmerman set 3 records, Randy Barnes (World Record holder still) came back with ANOTHER new record to take first on his last throw. Timmerman comes back with his 4th(!!) Olympic Record of the day to regain the title on his last.