Overview

• He won with 22.34 meters on Sept. 13, the shortest winning mark of his six outdoor global titles.
• Uziel Munoz took silver at 21.97 meters, a Mexican national record and the country’s first world medal in any throwing event.
• Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri earned bronze with 21.94 meters on countback over Tom Walsh after a late-round battle.
• Crouser, 32, prevailed despite missing nearly five months this season with a tear in an elbow joint capsule.
• The victory makes him the fourth American with six individual global titles and the first to collect three each at the Olympics and outdoor worlds.