Overview

• Muñoz clinched silver with a 21.97 m effort on his sixth and final attempt, the best performance of his career.
• The distance set a new Mexican record, surpassing his previous national mark of 21.88 m.
• Ryan Crouser took gold with 22.34 m to secure a third consecutive world title in the shot put.
• Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri captured bronze at 21.94 m after a tiebreaker over New Zealand’s Tom Walsh.
• Mexico’s medal is its first in any throwing discipline at the World Championships and lifts its all-time tally to 14.