8/15/2008 - (BEIJING) Start spreading the news, Mizzou has a new Olympic medalist. Missouri volunteer assistant coach Christian Cantwell (Eldon, Mo.) won the silver medal in the men's shot put, Friday, in the first day of Athletics at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. Cantwell used, and needed, his final throw of 69 feet, 2½ inches (21.09m) to jump from fifth place and onto the medal platform. For Cantwell in his first Olympics, he becomes Mizzou's sixth all-time medalist, the first since Natasha Kaiser-Brown brought home silver in the 1992 Barcelona games in the women's 4x400-meter relay and the first individual medalist since Dick Cochran grabbed bronze in the men's discus in 1960. read more »
8/14/2008
The sun has finally came out in Beijing, just in time for the first day of track & field competition in the XXIX Olympiad. Tiger post-collegian Chr... [+]
8/14/2008
Later this Thursday evening (Missouri time) Tiger post-collegian Christian Cantwell will begin his 12-hour pursuit in Beijing for Olympic glory in ... [+]
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