Nike Talks World Indoors 2018, Week Six, Day Three: Tomas Stanek, with huge shot put series, looks pretty tough for Birmingham!

Tomas Stanek, photo by PhotoRun.net

Here’s a confession. I really enjoy all the athletic events but the throwers, how can you not admire them? Big Men and strong women who throw things! What is there not to like about that?

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Well, Czech super thrower, Tomas Stanek is now a shot put deity. The dude has thrown over 22 meters inside and out. 22 meters indoors and out! Think about it!

Just earlier today, Tomas Stanek, threw a fantastic series of throws, in Madrid, the third stop on the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, with a massive series: 21.57m, 21.98m and then, BOOM, Dyanmo Hum, and 22.17 meters.

Druhy zavod sezony, druhy osobak, druhy vylepseny nejlepsi svetovy vykon a k tomu cesky rekord-22,17cm… Dalsi zastavka Madrid, jiz zitra vecer, tak drzet palec a tlacit kouli za lajnu sr mnou! 😉 #shotputwizard #22insideoutside #bighits #trackandfield #gzmedia #nike

A post shared by tomas.stanek22 (@tomas.stanek22) on Feb 7, 2018 at 7:59am PST

Tomas Stanek has been on the world scene since 2013, and the 27 year old looks like he has a decade of good throws left in him.

I have been fortunate to watch many of the European throwers at various meets like Hengelo, and the last three European Indoor and Outdoor champs. The throws are featured in the European championships in some creative ways.

Here’s a second instagram from Tomas Stanek:

7,5kg for today, 3rd throwing session after long time, very happy with the distances, but a lot to improve in my technic…ðŸ¤•ðŸ–– #throwing #shotput #trackandfield #nike #gzmedia #duklapraha #strongboyðŸ’ª #muscles #czechteamðŸ‡¨ðŸ‡¿

A post shared by tomas.stanek22 (@tomas.stanek22) on Jan 21, 2018 at 3:07pm PST

The men’s shot put should be a lot of fun in Birmingham to watch. Tomas Stanek should play a big part in that event with some guys from across the pond.

See you then!

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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