US eyes on all medals in men's shot put at Beijing Olympics
15/8/2008 17:02
All the three US favorites for the men's shot put in the Beijing Olympics
qualified themselves to the finals for the first gold in athletics this
evening.
Adam Nelson, silver medalist in the Athens Olympics, Christian
Cantwell and Reese Hoffa put the shot beyond the qualifying line of 20.40
meters. Poland's Tomasz Majewski created his personal best of 21.04 meters,
which was the best performance in the qualifications.
All the Americans
obviously reserved their strength for the finals.
Nelson said, "It's too
early in the morning for me. As long as it (the throw) is over the automatic
qualification, it's OK."
On his injury, Nelson said, "I'm feeling OK. If I
breathe or turn the wrong way, it bothers me."
"I'm probably going to go home
and take a nap, so I'll be ready to come back out later."
Cantwell said, "My
throw is always better in the evening, so I'm super excited because I know it
will only get better."
Hoffa said, "I just used muscle and I want to focus
some more on my technique."
The three Americans occupied three slots of the
top four season's bests.
Cantwell said, "Tonight is shaping up to be big for
USA shot put."
Xinhua
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