RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Michelle Carter loves to let the tension build.
At the Olympics, she took it to extremes.
The American shot putter waited until her last throw Friday night to knock off arguably the best woman to ever compete in the event – two-time defending champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand.
Now, Carter has a gold medal to go with the silver one her longtime NFL defensive lineman father, Michael Carter, captured in the shot put at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
It marks the first gold by an American woman in the event and just the second medal all-time. She joins an exclusive club that, until Friday, only included Earlene Brown, who won bronze at the 1960 Games.