Shot put champ Ryan Crouser is on the mend from blood clots, will compete at the Pre Classic
Shot put world champion Ryan Crouser measures progress at the moment not so much by distance but by the decreasing size of the two blood clots in his left leg. In that regard, everything is trending in the right direction for the 30-year-old who was diagnosed with the clots just before his win at world championships last month. This weekend, Crouser closes the book on a season that's seen him unveil a modernized shot-put style — dubbed the “ Crouser Slide ” — break his own world record, go through his health scare and win a world title in Budapest, Hungary, i...