Jamaican shot-putter and Olympic bronze medalist Rajindra Campbell made historical past as soon as once more, breaking his personal nationwide shot-put document with an enormous throw of twenty-two.31 meters on the Ivan Ivancic Memorial in Zagreb on Saturday, securing third place in a world-class area.
Campbell’s exceptional effort noticed him end third in a extremely aggressive occasion, the place American Olympic and World champion, and world document holder, Ryan Crouser set a meet document of twenty-two.93 meters to win. Payton Otterdahl, one other American, secured second place with a throw of twenty-two.46 meters.
Campbell began the competitors with a stable 21.05 meters, earlier than slipping barely in his second try, registering 20.61 meters. His third-round throw of 21.56 meters hinted at what was to return, as he then unleashed his record-breaking throw of twenty-two.31 meters within the fourth spherical, surpassing his earlier nationwide document of twenty-two.22 meters, set in Madrid final yr.
Although Campbell fouled his remaining two makes an attempt, his fourth-round effort stood as the brand new Jamaican nationwide document, and no different competitor was in a position to surpass his mark.
Rajindra Campbell’s feat in Zagreb not solely additional cements his legacy in Jamaican athletics but additionally continues to boost the bar for Jamaican throwers on the worldwide stage.
