Athletics: Wariner, Whiting win US titles

Whiting’s winning effort of 21.80m was the best indoor shot put performance in the world this year.

ALBUQUERQUE: Three-time Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner and reigning world indoor shot put champion Ryan Whiting won landmark titles on Sunday at the US Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Athens Olympic 400-meter winner Wariner, a five-time world champion and two-time Olympic relay title-holder competing in the US Indoors for the first time, won the 400 in 45.82 seconds, 0.72 ahead of runner-up Marcus Boyd.

Whiting’s winning effort of 21.80m, 0.87 ahead of runner-up Cory Martin, was the best indoor shot put performance in the world this year.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5^th, 2013.