Olympics fans left stunned by little-known health effect shot putting has on your body READ MORE: Olympics fans rave after spotting 'dream job' from javelin event By Maiya Focht Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 12:23 EDT, 7 August 2024 | Updated: 12:24 EDT, 7 August 2024 e-mail View comments International attention is being drawn to a often overlooked Olympic event thanks to the unique effect its had on one of it's star athletes. US Olympian Ryan Crouser - who just won his third consecutive gold medal in shot put at the Paris games - stunned fans when they saw the difference between his right and left hands.
The 31-year-old displayed his hands side by side in fists in a recent interview- showing clearly that his right fist was considerably larger than the left. This is a side effect of using his right hand to throw the sixteen pound ball almost forty miles an hour for eighteen years. Mr Crouser told interviewers that the right hand had taken 'a beating' over the years, making it bigger, stronger and less flexible than his left Mr Crouser is a formidable force in the world of shot put, having one gold in all three of the Olympic games he's participated in This extreme, repetitive movement strengthens the muscles in his hand, fingers, forearms and wrists.
But it also causes swelling and reduces his flexibility - all of which work in tandem to make the right hand to become thicker than the left. Read More Track and field gold medallists at Paris 2024 will each get ne.