Main contenders and predictions within the shot put, discus, hammer and javelin on the 2024 Video games
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Ryan Crouser (Getty)
Males’s shot put
Last: August 3
Defending champion/Olympic document: Ryan Crouser (USA) 23.06m
World champion:
Ryan Crouser (USA) 23.53m
World chief: Joe Kovacs (USA) 23.13m
Count on the US throwers to dominate this competitors as soon as once more.
Prime contenders
Joe Kovacs (USA) (23.13m in 2024)
The 2-time world champion and double Olympic silver medallist tops the rankings however was crushed on the trials.
Leonardo Fabbri (ITA) (22.95m in 2024)
The world silver medallist has been in a lot better type in 2024. His greatest 10 marks have been set this 12 months, together with an enormous European victory.
Leonardo Fabbri (Getty)
Ryan Crouser (USA) (22.84m in 2024)
The world record-holder goes for his third Olympic title on prime of his two world titles and his world indoor win this winter however he has competed sparingly outdoor.
Tom Walsh (NZL) (22.16i in 2024)
The previous world champion and two-time Olympic bronze medallist completed second on the world indoors however has been in modest type outdoor.
British Problem: Scott Lincoln was a high quality fourth in Rome, and comfortably certified with a 21.34m British qualifying mark. He has a great likelihood of constructing the ultimate.
AW Prediction: 1 Crouser (USA) 23.12m; 2 Kovacs (USA) 22.86m; 3 Fabbri (ITA) 22.68m
Sarah Mitton (Mark Shearman)
Ladies’s shot put
Last: August 9
Defending champion:
Gong Lijiao (CHN) 20.58m
Olympic document:
Ilona Slupaniek (GDR) 22.41m, 1980
World champion:
Chase Jackson (USA) 20.43m
World chief: Sarah Mitton (CAN) 20.68m
A doubtlessly shut battle. Lower than a metre covers the highest seven athletes within the rankings.
Prime contenders
Sarah Mitton (CAN) (20.68m in 2024)
The Commonwealth champion was second in Budapest after which gained the world indoor title. She has been in good type this summer time.
Jessica Schilder (NED) (20.33m in 2024)
The 2022 world bronze medallist gained the European title and set a Dutch document with an enormous win in Hengelo.
Chase Jackson (USA) (20.07m in 2024)
The double world champion is making her Olympic debut after ending third in Glasgow. She has gained three Diamond League conferences.
Gong Lijiao (CHN) (20.00m in 2024)
The reigning champion can be competing in her fifth Olympics. She already has a full medal set and has gained 13 world medals in whole.
British Problem: Amelia Campbell was within the rankings quota, however UKA refused to pick out her.
AW Prediction: 1 Mitton (CAN) 20.45m; 2 Jackson (USA) 20.24m; 3 Schilder (NED) 20.17m
Mykolas Alekna (Getty)
Males’s discus
Last: August 7
Defending champion: Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 68.90m
Olympic document: Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 69.89m, 2004
World champion: Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 71.46m
World chief: Mykolas Alekna (LTU) 74.35m
Historically this occasion has been dominated by Europeans however there are many different contenders, too.
Prime contenders
Mykolas Alekna (LTU) (74.35m in 2024)
Having set a world document this summer time, the Lithuanian was unable to win European gold following silver and bronze within the final two world championships however will nonetheless begin as favorite in Paris.
Alex Rose (SAM) (71.48m in 2024)
Set an space document this summer time however has beforehand struggled in finals, with a world championships better of eighth.
Kristjan Čeh (SLO) (70.48m in 2024)
The 2022 world champion was second in Budapest and took the European title in Rome earlier this summer time.
Daniel Ståhl (SWE) (68.99m in 2024)
The reigning champion has additionally gained two world titles in Doha and Budapest however was solely fourth in Rome.
British Problem: The one occasion that includes two British throwers and each Nick Percy and Lawrence Okoye are able to making the ultimate.
AW Prediction: 1 Čeh (SLO) 71.03m; 2 Alekna (LTU) 70.98m; 3 Ståhl (SWE) 68.87m
Valarie Allman (Getty)
Ladies’s discus
Last: August 5
Defending champion: Valarie Allman (USA) 68.98m
Olympic document:
Martina Hellmann (GDR) 72.30m, 1988
World champion:
Laulauga Tausaga-Collins (USA) 69.49m
World chief: Yaime Perez (CUB) 73.09m
One other contest that appears like being fairly open, though world champion Lalauga Tausaga-Collins didn’t qualify.
Prime contenders
Yaime Perez (CUB) (73.09m in 2024)
The 2019 world champion and Olympic bronze medallist simply tops the rankings and, whereas that was a freak outcome, she has been constant this summer time.
Valarie Allman (USA) (70.89m in 2024)
The reigning champion has since gained world bronze and silver medals however begins favorite after an unbeaten season up to now.
Feng Bin (CHN) (67.89m in 2024)
The 2022 world champion was third in Budapest after failing to make the ultimate in Tokyo and has been extremely constant round 67 metres.
Sandra Elkasevic (CRO) (67.04m in 2024)
The 2012 and 2016 champion gained a document seventh successive European gold in Rome regardless of being properly down on the type of her peak of seven years in the past.
British Problem: Jade Lally certified by way of the world rankings, however the place was not taken
up by UK Athletics.
AW Prediction: 1 Allman (USA) 69.88m; 2 Perez (CUB) 69.23m; 3 Elkasevic (CRO) 68.94m
Ethan Katzberg with Bence Halasz (Getty)
Males’s hammer
Last: August 4
Defending champion: Wojciech Nowicki (POL) 82.52m
Olympic document: Sergiy Litvinov (URS) 84.80m, 1988
World champion: Ethan Katzberg (CAN) 81.25m
World chief: Ethan Katzberg CAN 84.38m
Historically the hammer battles are fairly shut however, on 2024, type this seems to be like being a transparent minimize win for Ethan Katzberg.
Prime contenders
Ethan Katzberg (CAN) (84.38m in 2024)
A shock world champion on the age of 21 final 12 months, the Canadian has an enormous benefit within the rankings and he backed up the early season mark that put him ninth all-time with large current throws.
Wojciech Nowicki (POL) (80.95m in 2024)
The reigning champion who gained his third European title in Rome has 5 world medals however no golds and appears sure to be on the rostrum once more.
Bence Halasz (HUN) (80.49m in 2024)
One other constant thrower who now has two world bronze medals and two European silvers and can be within the medal battle.
Pawel Fajdek (POL) (80.02 in 2024)
The five-time world champion solely has an Olympic bronze to his identify in 2021 however beat Nowicki within the Polish Championships and within the Paris Diamond League.
British Problem: European finalist Jake Norris is ranked fifteenth on 2024 type and was a transparent prospect to make the ultimate however his entry by way of the world rankings was not accepted.
AW Prediction: 1 Katzberg (CAN) 83.65m; 2 Nowicki (POL) 81.24m; 3 Fajdek (POL) 79.88m
Camryn Rogers (Getty)
Ladies’s hammer
Last: August 6
Defending champion:
Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) 78.48m
Olympic document: Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) 82.29m, 2016
World champion:
Camryn Rogers (CAN) 77.22m
World chief: Brooke Andersen (USA) 79.92m
Fairly an open contest with North America offering many of the favourites.
Prime contenders
Camryn Rogers (CAN) (77.76m in 2024)
The world and Commonwealth champion was fifth in Tokyo and has been in good type
in 2024.
DeAnna Worth (USA) (77.16m in 2024)
The previous world champion can be hoping to enhance on her two Olympic eighth place finishes.
Jie Zhao (CHN) (75.24m in 2024)
The Asian champion was tenth in Budapest however, aged simply 21, is bettering on a regular basis and has had her 4 greatest throws this 12 months.
Sara Fantini (ITA) (74.18m in 2024)
The newly topped European champion has but to make a mark in a world occasion and was twelfth in Tokyo.
British Problem: No Brits can be competing, although Anna Buy would have certified by means of the world rankings.
AW Prediction: 1 Rogers (CAN) 76.98m; 2 Worth (USA) 75.87m; 3 Jie Zhao (CHN) 75.45m
Neeraj Chopra (Getty)
Males’s javelin
Last: August 8
Defending champion: Neeraj Chopra (IND) 87.58m
Olympic document: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 90.57m, 2008
World champion: Neeraj Chopra (IND) 88.17m
World chief: Max Dehning GER 90.20m
Essentially the most world occasion on the programme has a variety of contenders, however there’s one athlete specifically who rises to the event.
Prime contenders
Max Dehning (GER) (90.20m in 2024)
{The teenager} has achieved nothing to again up what seems to be like being a freak outcome from February.
Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) (88.65m in 2024)
The Olympic silver medallist and three-time
world medallist is probably the most constant of throwers and took the European title in Rome with an enormous last-round effort.
Julian Weber (GER) (88.37m in 2024)
The previous European winner was fourth in Tokyo, Eugene and Budapest and has been very constant this 12 months round 86 metres.
Neeraj Chopra (IND) (88.36m in 2024)
The defending Olympic and world champion has not competed a lot this 12 months and misplaced in Doha to Vadlejch however he stays the person to beat.
British Problem: No Brits certified.
AW Prediction: 1 Chopra (IND) 91.24m; 2 Vadlejch (CZE) 88.96m; 3 Weber (GER) 87.66m
Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado, Haruka Kitaguchi, Mackenzie Little
Ladies’s javelin
Last: August 10
Defending champion: Liu Shiying (CHN) 66.34m
Olympic document: Osleidys Menendez (CUB) 71.53m, 2004
World champion: Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN) 66.73m
World chief: Flor Dennis Ruiz (COL) 66.70m
The distances are nothing particular, however this could produce a detailed contest.
Prime contenders
Flor Dennis Ruiz (COL) (66.70m in 2024)
The World silver medallist has not been constant up to now in 2024 however did set an space document in Might.
Victoria Hudson (AUT) (66.06m in 2024)
The European champion didn’t make the ultimate in Tokyo however has improved since, ending fifth within the World Championships in Budapest.
Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN) (65.21m in 2024)
The world champion hit type with an enormous throw in Monaco and can be eager to enhance on her twelfth place from Tokyo.
Adriana Vilagos (SRB) (64.42m in 2024)
The double world under-20 champion is bettering quick and has two European silvers on the age of 20.
British Problem: No Brits have been chosen, although Rebekah Walton wasn’t far quick by way of the rankings.
AW Prediction: 1 Kitaguchi (JPN) 66.18m; 2 Vilagos (SRB) 65.76m; 3 Ruiz (COL) 65.34m
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