Payton Otterdahl After Qualifying For His Second Olympics In The Shot Put + Thoughts On A Medal Sweep With Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE
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🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
“We see upsets all the time in this sport. Anything can happen to anybody on any given day. Those two are just on a whole other level. It’s kind of motivating to me. They’re #1 and #2 of all-time. They are the best two in the sport. They are active, they’re in their prime right now… As a guy who’s a little bit of a peg down from them, it’s super motivating. I want to beat those guys more than anything – because if I'm able to beat them, I'm beating absolute legends of the sport.”
Payton Otterdahl joins the show after qualifying for his second Olympic Games in shot put. Payton shares about how he approaches head-to-head competition with shot put legends Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs, breaks down the depth of the shot put field that he’ll face in Paris, how his shot put practices compare to his actual competitions, how he uses the offseason to his advantage, and lots more. Hear more from Payton in this episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast.
Hosts: Hosts: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Guest: Payton Otterdahl | @paytonotterdahl on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | All right, we are back here. |
| 0:05.0 | CityS Mac live from Eugene, Oregon. |
| 0:08.6 | We're joined by our next guest, |
| 0:10.2 | Payton Otterdahl, who just qualified for his second Olympic Games in the shot put with the third place finish |
| 0:18.4 | And first off I'm a little weary of just kind of the seating situation we had Josh |
| 0:22.3 | I Watundi on our show two |
| 0:24.6 | years ago and I looked so small so I have no idea what it looks like on screen |
| 0:28.5 | right now but that's what I love about this sport is just sort of like you know the many different |
| 0:34.0 | shapes and sizes that comprise this US Olympic team so congratulations us a second |
| 0:39.2 | team. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me Yes, that is one of the great parts about our sport |
| 0:43.7 | is no matter your body type, you can come out |
| 0:45.8 | and there is an event that you can compete in. |
| 0:47.8 | Totally. |
| 0:49.1 | So for the men shop of competition, |
| 0:51.1 | it was thrilling this time around. You had a front row seat to. men shop at |
| 0:55.0 | at competition it was thrilling this time around. |
| 0:53.7 | You had a front row seat to all of it I guess take us through sort of your experiences |
| 0:57.4 | each one of those rounds that went. |
| 0:59.6 | Yeah I mean the US men shop at right now is just so strong. We knew that it was going to be a |
| 1:05.0 | super deep competition heading into this and you know that's exactly what it turned out to be. |
| 1:10.0 | It was kind of made a little bit more exciting than usual because you got Joe the world leader coming into the meet |
| 1:15.6 | Ryan World Record Holder who's been heard all season like you don't know what kind of Ryan's going to show up |
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