Mask-wearing shot put standout Raven Saunders earns spot to Paris Olympics with 2nd place finish

Raven Saunders competes in the women’s shot put final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. Raven Saunders competes in the women’s shot put final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. Raven Saunders competes in the women’s shot put final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Eugene, Ore.

Saunders had a big opening attempt Saturday only to see two-time world champion Chase Jackson overtake the mark with a throw of 20.10 meters. Saunders couldn’t top it — although they did reach a season-best distance of 19.90 meters.Gymnast Shilese Jones pulls out of U.S. Olympic trials with leg injury“Words really can’t describe the fact of me even being here in this moment, me being able to come out and compete and throw as far as I did with everything I’ve been through,” Saunders said.

Just before leaving Tokyo, Saunders learned of their mom’s death. Their mom was attending a Team USA hospitality event in Florida — and watched Saunders win the Olympic medal — when she passed. Saunders posted on social media: “My mama was a great woman and will forever live through me. My number one guardian angel.”“If I were smart I should have took that 2022 year off, especially after everything that happened,” Saunders said.

One of Saunders’ trademarks in a competition is donning a mask. Sometimes, it’s in the theme of the “Hulk.” On Saturday, it was a “Day of the Dead” sort of motif.

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