London 2012 shot put signals weekend packed with track and field

LONDON — After missing out on a medal by the width of a little fingernail at the Beijing Olympics, Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong had spent the last four years trying to find that one centimetre. But what Armstrong found on Friday was that theToday is the start of the athletics at the London 2012 Olympics, and Google is getting in on the action as its homepage today features a Doodle that celebrates the track and field game of shot put. LONDON — Form doesn't lie.London 2012 shot put: American Christian Cantwell finished fifth in the qualifying rounds for men's shot put

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