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2012 London Olympics: Don鈥檛 blink or you鈥檒l miss the speeding objects

At the London Games, a radar gun might be more valuable than a program in enjoying how fast things are traveling.

11. Shot put

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U.S. women's shot putter Jillian Camarena-Williams throws the shot during her win in the women's shot put finals at the U.S. Olympic athletics trials in Eugene, Oregon June 29.

  • By Ross Atkin Staff

37 m.p.h.

OK, this may sound pretty slow, but there鈥檚 no shame in bringing up the rear of the Olympic speed parade. Not when men are heaving a 16 lb. ball and women a nearly 9 lb. ball made of iron or brass from within a circle just seven feet in diameter. The top shot putters explode across the circle and push the ball to distances of nearly 70 feet.

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