Randy Barnes is a beast!! He definitely deserved that gold medal in 96. He just looks way more athletic and stronger than the rest of the competition. All I know is his world record still stands and he still has his Olympic gold! And guess what? You can say whatever you want about him, but you can’t do shit to take it away from him haha.
I have been training for 4 months. My first throw was 9.37 with 16 pounds. Now I'm over my first trow for 3 metters. In 4 months. We are training in Puerto Rico, if you want to come we put you in form and you can do the intent of throwing like me.
not a spinner, but after looking at this video his right leg is the culprit. His left leg however is perfect. He had good heal and toe alignment and he was closed on the power position, his spin wasn't very linear but hes a master of the rotational.
I'm 15, about to be 16 in like 5 days, and I can barely throw the 12 lb Shot like 20 feet... :/ But this was only my first year of Field Events. Last night was my last track meet for the year. I'm gonna try to get better at it tho. There's this one school that has some of the best coaches in the state, they got good form, they practice with 16 lb Shot Put, and they're coaches actually work with them. We don't got shit! Our coaches don't even work with us lol... My goal is to get better. :D :D :D
To be honest, barnes should have all his medals stripped. Being caught with steroids twice is pathetic. Godina won gold in the shot put in the 1996 Olympics, not the steroid eater barnes.
mullet notwithstanding, Barnes was a monster in shot. I remember watching a lot of him, Godina and Jim Doehring (even if he was a needle-fiend) when I threw in high school.
@TheBruiser012 To each their own man, I'm in high school and I feel more comfortable doing the glide. It's all about what the person wants to do. Just so i'm clear i'm not arguing with you, i'm sort of agreeing :)
Look at Barnes' left leg... That's the worst shot put technique I have ever seen. That shows that he really was on steorids also at the olympics 1996. Without steroids it's not possible to throw as far as he did.
