the shot put
noun
: an athletic event in which people compete by trying to throw a heavy metal ball (called a shot) as far as possible
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Massey threw the shot put 47 feet, 10 inches in the Eagle Invitational at Santa Margarita last month.
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025
Haverhill’s Madeline Goncalves was third in the shot put (41-08.00) and Norton’s Zoe Santos was second in the high jump (5-7).
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
By Anna Gordon August 8, 2024 9:09 AM EDT
Team USA shot putter Raven Saunders, 28, won a silver medal at the Tokyo Games and will compete in the shot put final on Aug. 9 at the Paris Summer Olympics.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
In the boys field events, Alex Jackson of Peabody won the shot put at 58-3.
—Adam Kurkjian, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2024
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025
Haverhill’s Madeline Goncalves was third in the shot put (41-08.00) and Norton’s Zoe Santos was second in the high jump (5-7).
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
By Anna Gordon August 8, 2024 9:09 AM EDT
Team USA shot putter Raven Saunders, 28, won a silver medal at the Tokyo Games and will compete in the shot put final on Aug. 9 at the Paris Summer Olympics.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
In the boys field events, Alex Jackson of Peabody won the shot put at 58-3.
—Adam Kurkjian, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2024
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“The shot put.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20shot%20put. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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