And that's when he isn't throwing the discus, shot-putting and vaulting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wheaties Olympians: Where are they now?] Reference

She looks like a member of the 1956 Soviet Olympic shot-putting contingent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life's Little Ironies] Reference

He balanced the nine-pound stone on his right hand in best shot-putting style.    From Wordnik.com.  [Enchantment]

He had also been a reckonable tennis and squash player; at school, though not having an especially large or powerful physique, he had set a shot-putting record which stood for many years.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Different Stripe:] Reference

I propose a field study measuring total distance obtained in bicycle propulsion comparing hammer-throwing, shot-putting, javelin-tossing, discus-throwing and caber-tossing bikes in carrier boxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flights of Fancy: The Art of Unsimplification] Reference

For the moment though, all his attention is on his shot-putting and ­discus-throwing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mirror.co.uk - News] Reference

This position is similar to that of shot-putting, only that the right arm is extended downward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the Top] Reference

The one-time national shot-putting champion Taniela Afu is an unlikely threat to the ruling elite.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

Mr. Fuchs dominated shot-putting without lifting weights, something virtually all shot-putters do now.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

He competed this summer in javelin and shot-putting; winning the former event against older boys in the Under 16 years grade.    From Wordnik.com.  [WriteNiche - Freelance Writing Online] Reference

He used it to shatter the 60-foot barrier, which had loomed as a goal in shot-putting much as the four-minute mile had in distance running.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

James E. Fuchs, who developed a new way to heave the shot to compensate for a leg injury and used the technique to set world records and dominate shot-putting over two remarkable seasons, died in Manhattan on Oct. 8.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

He hung in the air before shot-putting a right-hander off the glass while getting fouled to pull the Hoyas within one, then gave Georgetown the lead with a fadeaway baseline jumper that made the score 42-41 with 12 minutes to play.    From Wordnik.com.  [SI.com] Reference

He went through West Point before he degraded himself into a doctor, and he held the record there for shot-putting, and was on the foot-ball team, and even now, when he's very old and of course can't last long, he plays the best tennis in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors] Reference

(My wife broke her wrist two weeks ago, and there’s no volleyball or shot-putting in the near future for her.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Go, Ruth Frith! « Dating Jesus] Reference

So don’t bother replying with an anecdote about your male friend who is a wimpy midget, nor about your female friend who won the world record for shot-putting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guest post by Mary Schweitzer] Reference