Overview

• He reached 21.97 meters on his sixth and final attempt to surge into second place.
• American Ryan Crouser won gold with 22.34 meters, extending his run at the top of the event.
• The 21.97-meter mark improved Muñoz's own Mexican record of 21.88 meters.
• Mexico registered its 14th medal all-time at the World Athletics Championships and its first in shot put.
• The 30-year-old eight-time national champion framed the podium as the payoff for years of work and a lift for an often overlooked discipline in Mexico.