From March 21st to 23rd, the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 will be held at the “Nanjing's Cube” in the Nanjing Sports Training Center. The registration of Ryan Crouser, the three-time Olympic champion in men's shot put, has become a major focus of the competition. As the champion with an absolute advantage in the men's shot put event, he not only is the world record holder (23.56 meters), but also broke the championship record with a throw of 22.77 meters at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.

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Since winning the gold medal with a throw of 22.52 meters and breaking the Olympic record at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ryan Crouser has maintained a high level of competitiveness in the shot put event. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he broke the Olympic record again with a throw of 23.30 meters and defended his title; at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he won the gold medal again with a throw of 22.90 meters, achieving a three-peat and becoming the first male athlete to win three gold medals in the Olympic shot put event. His achievements at the World Championships are particularly impressive. From 2019 to 2023, he won 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal, and won the championship with a throw of 23.51 meters at the 2023 Budapest World Championships, setting a new championship record. In addition, he has also won multiple gold medals in the American Athletics Championships and Diamond League.

Ryan Crouser has continuously broken world records over the past decade. At the 2021 IAAF Indoor Tour Fayetteville Station, he broke the previous men's indoor shot put world record of 22.66 meters set by Randy Barnes in 1989 with a throw of 22.82 meters. Two years later, at the Idaho Indoor Athletics Championships in the United States, he threw 23.38 meters, once again breaking the men's indoor shot put world record. At the June 2021 US Athletics Tokyo Olympic Trials, Crouser broke the men's outdoor shot put world record with a throw of 23.37 meters, and in 2023, he raised his own world record to 23.56 meters.

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At 19:48 on March 23rd, the highly anticipated men's shot put final is about to take place. Ryan Crouser will once again strive for better results, and “Nanjing's Cube”is expected to witness him writing a new chapter of brilliance in his professional career. 

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