PARISIAN POUNDS
08/02/2024 |
The Friday File: The lightest Olympic athletes are Marathon and 10,000m runners. Female contestants average about 110 lbs., male competitors average about 135 lbs. The next lightest athletes compete in the 5,000m, followed by the 20km walk, and then the 1,500m. The heaviest competitors are in Shot Put, with women weighing in at almost 200 lbs. and the men at 260 lbs., roughly double the weight of the lightest athletes.