Felix Drops to 16th After Shot Put

As we told you, Felix would drop after the shot put.  The third event is in the books at the Summer Olympics, and, although Kurt topped his NCAA Championships result, he fell from 9th to 16th in the decathlon.

Standings

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Points	+
1	3214	EATON A	2848	+
2	3220	HARDEE T	2713	+
3	3132	KASYANOV O	2664	+
4	1140	VAN ALPHEN H	2639	+
5	1301	WARNER D	2637	+
6	2268	KARPOV D	2625	+
7	1898	FREIMUTH R	2575	+
8	2948	DUDAS M	2539	+
9	2549	SINTNICOLAAS E	2536	+
10	2610	NEWDICK B	2533	+
11	2834	SVIRIDOV S	2527	+
12	1893	BEHRENBRUCH P	2516	+
13	2425	DRAUDVILA D	2514	+
14	1482	SUAREZ L	2500	+
15	1164	MIKHAN E	2492	+
16	2004	FELIX K	2485	+
17	1223	DE ARAUJO L	2480	+
18	2411	ADDY J	2463	+
19	2552	VOS I	2457	+
20	1469	GARCIA Y	2410	+
21	2778	COERTZEN W	2410	+
22	2828	SHKURENEV I	2393	+
23	1760	MAYER K	2376	+
24	2387	ERINS E	2367	+
25	1910	KNOBEL J	2355	+
26	2050	SZABO A	2355	+
27	1335	BARROILHET G	2346	+
28	2240	USHIRO K	2275	+
29	3328	ARTIKOV R	2192	+
	1799	AWDE D	DNF	+
	1523	SEBRLE R	DNF	+

Felix With a Shot Put of 13.08 Meters at Summer Olympics

Competition is now underway in the third event of the decathlon at the Summer Olympics.  Kurt Felix of Boise State threw a 13.08 for 672 points at the NCAA Championships when he won the National Championship.  On his first attempt, a throw of 12.78 meters.  On Kurt's second throw, he uncorked a 13.28, already better than his throw at the NCAA Championships.  That would be good for 684 points.  Kurt is currently in 13th place in Group B and 28th overall in the shot put portion of the event.  Felix's third attempt put him at 12.93 meters so he'll take the 13.28 for 684 points.

Most of Felix's competitors are clearing 14 meters.

So after three events, Felix has 2,485 points.  We'll give you a live standings report when the rest of the competitors have finished.

Competition About to Get Underway in Olympic Decathlon--Shot Put

This isn't one of Kurt's best event, although he's still good at it.  He likely will fall from 9th place after this event.  At the 2012 NCAA Championships, Felix threw the shot 42-feet, 11-inches (13.08 meters) for 672 points.

Kurt is in Group B in the shot put, so he won't be throwing for a while.  He is competitor #8 in the second group.