Reese Hoffa finishes 7th in final

Tools

Reese Hoffa finishes 7th in final

Story Published: Aug 15, 2008 at 10:00 AM EST

Story Updated: Aug 17, 2008 at 9:31 PM EST

Columbia County's own Reese Hoffa finished seventh in the Olympic shot-put final in Beijing.

A foul on Reese's sixth and final attempt insured that for the second straight Games, he will come home empty-handed.

NBC Augusta spoke with Reese’s mom, Vicki Hoffa, she says the family is proud of Reese and plan to have a family party tonight to watch the primetime replay of Reese competing.

Another American did medal. From the NBC LIVE Blog: Flashbulbs are going off all over the stadium as fans try to capture the medal ceremony for the men's shot put. Christian Cantwell (USA) gets a nice ovation from the crowd. Applause is louder for gold medalist Tomasz Majewski of Poland who acknowledges the fans with an emphatic fist pump.

User Agreement

View comments

The following comments do not necessarily represent the views of NBC Augusta 26| news, weather, sports, community, entertainment, shopping for Augusta, Georgia. Users have agreed to these terms and in doing so accept full responsibility for their comments. Moderation is limited.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 500 Characters Left

WAGT and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. Comments are posted on site immediately and without station moderation. If you feel a comment is inappropriate you may flag it for review. For guidelines on flagging comments see our Terms & Conditions. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

I have read and agree to the terms

Hide comments

More Good Stuff

WAGT Weather

Click here for 7 Day Forecast
Icon
Current Temp 44.0 °F
Fog/Mist
More Weather

WAGT Weather

YouNews

This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.

On Demand

NBC Augusta 26 RSS FeedsNBC Augusta 26 Twitter Feed NBC Augusta 26 Facebook Page NBC Full Shows Online

Viewer Poll

Who do you want to win the World Series?

  • New York Yankees
  • Philadelphia Phillies
  • I don't care