shot put

Capes set the record for the furthest shot put throw by a British man with a distance of 21.68m in 1980.

Campbell, from Nottingham, only took up the sport when she started university, having initially started it to improve her performance in shot put and the hammer throw.

The shot put represents one of Johnson-Thompson's weaker disciplines but she displayed her gold-medal credentials by launching the best throw of her life to ensure she would limit her losses to superior thrower Thiam.

It was about 8 p.m. and he recalls thinking “Yeah, let’s try something new just to engage myself because shot put can be extremely monotonous.”

However, Team GB's Scott Lincoln was unable to qualify for the shot put final with a best throw of 19.69m.