Damien Birkinhead, the ‘Corio Colossus’, has tried valiantly to match a hot field in the final of the shot put at Rio’s Olympic Stadium but could not attain his previous best and finished 10th.
Birkinhead 10th in shot put final
Birkinhead 10th in shot put final
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