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Daily Mail
14 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Donald Trump sends message to wrestling legend Brock Lesnar's daughter after major sporting success
Donald Trump has paid a glowing tribute to the daughter of wrestling icon Brock Lesnar after she won a major college athletics title. Mya Lesnar won the NCAA shot put title with a first-round toss of 19.01 meters earlier this month to become the first Rams athlete to win an outdoor event title since Loree Smith did so in 2005. Just the sixth Colorado State athlete to win outdoor gold, the younger Lesnar previously won the NCAA indoor shot put title in 2024. What's more, the 23-year-old is the only competitor in program history to win both indoor and outdoor titles. She followed in the footsteps of her father, who was actually an NCAA title winner as a heavyweight wrestler at Minnesota. Now Maya has received some special praise from the president, who took to Truth Social on Thursday night to send his congratulations. Mya Lesnar of the Colorado State Rams competes in the shot put during the Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Championship held at Hayward Field Trump wrote: 'Congratulations to Mya Lesnar on the WIN — Great Genetics!' 'Heck yeah it was. It was pretty awesome,' Lesnar told the school's athletics website, after her victory. 'Obviously throws like that don't happen often, and to do it on my first one was pretty cool. I just went calm, hit my cues. [Rams coach Brian] Bedard and I have tons of trust, and that's exactly what we did. 'I think it had more of an effect for me. It meant more for me to do it on the first one, to start off the competition strong. A lot of the other ladies responded. It was awesome.' While her 19.01m effort remained the best throw of the day, Mya would nearly top it with an 18.8m effort for the top two results of the day. Remarkably, Rams coach Brian Bedard thinks Mya is actually capable of much more. 'I still think she missed the big one today because in training we've been seeing throws in the 19.30-meter range, so she didn't quite put it together,' Bedard said. 'She probably had a B-plus day for her, but when a training is going so well to have a big margin that she can maybe not hit her best and win it is awesome. 'It was a great start for her. We've been working on the mental game and trying to have some joy when she competes and really simplify some technical cues and managing excitement levels and all that, and I thought she did that today. When she came up and talked to me between throws, she had a really good awareness of what she was doing in the throw and what she was feeling. I just loved her mindset today. It was mature.' To put Mya's top throw into perspective, China's Lijiao Gong won the shot put at the Tokyo Games in 2023 with a toss of 20.58. Mya's toss Thursday would have been sixth in Tokyo To put Mya's top throw into perspective, China's Lijiao Gong won the women's shot put at the Tokyo Games in 2023 with a toss of 20.58. Mya's toss would have been good enough for sixth place in that tournament. Mya has gone viral in recent years both for her sensational athletic ability and her striking resemblance to famous father Brock. Back in 2023 the track and field athlete grabbed headlines after breaking the shot put record at Colorado State with a superb 18.50 attempt, while she also claimed three straight Mountain West Conference titles. Brock, who has not featured in WWE since losing to Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam in 2023, is one of the wrestling's most celebrated stars and a highly-successful combat-sport athlete.
Fox News
6 days ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Brock Lesnar's daughter wins NCAA Division I women's shot put championship
The Lesnar genes are reigning supreme. Mya Lesnar, the daughter of WWE legend and former UFC champion Brock Lesnar, earned the NCAA Division I women's shot put crown on Friday. The Colorado State senior added to her already-impressive resume with her first outdoor track and field title - she won the indoor title in the 2023-24 season. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON Lesnar was unable to defend that championship earlier this year, despite winning the Mountain West championship. (She finished fourth at nationals.) But she came to the outdoor season with a vengeance. Her very first throw went 19.01 meters (62 feet, 4.5 inches), and no one else came particularly close for the rest of the meet. In fact, no else reached the 62-feet mark. "It was pretty cool. Obviously, throws like that don't happen often. To do it on my first one is pretty cool," Lesnar said after the meet. "It meant more to me to do it on the first one and start the competition strong." WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPION TIFFANY STRATTON GOES VIRAL AFTER FIRST PITCH AT METS GAME GOES HORRIBLY WRONG Earlier this season, Lesnar threw a career-best 19.60 meters, or 64'3.75". That is currently the seventh-longest throw by a woman this year. Lesnar has been named to both the indoor and outdoor All-Mountain West teams in each of the last three years. She also earned the conference's weight throw title during the 2023-24 indoor season. But it had been "a while" since she was "number one again." "A lot of emotions. A lot of hard work. A lot of dedication. And then just executing, not overthinking," she said. Lesnar's father won a national championship while wrestling at the University of Minnesota in 2000 in the 285-pound category. After that, he became an instant hit in the WWE, becoming the youngest person to be the company's main title belt at the age of 25 just two years later. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He's headlined WrestleMania five times and SummerSlam nine others, and won 10 world titles with the company. He also won the UFC heavyweight championship in just his third fight with the company, beating Randy Couture at UFC 91. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
The Sun
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Sun
WWE legend Brock Lesnar's daughter Mya makes history after winning NCAA national shot put title
BROCK LESNAR'S daughter Mya has reached new heights after setting a college record. The 23-year-old senior out of Colorado State threw 19.01 meters in the first round to win the NCAA shot put championship. 5 5 Since Loree Smith's 2005 victory in an outdoor event, she is the only Rams athlete to achieve so, and joins her former WWE star father in securing a national crown, with Brock, a heavyweight wrestler at Minnesota winning an NCAA title back in 2000. Mya, who had won the indoor championship in 2024, is keen to make her own way despite the talk around her famous dad. Mya's high throw of 62 feet, 4 1/2 inches was part of her incredible effort that helped seal the win. Every participant gets three chances, but Mya got an early edge by making a statement with a throw that exceeded 60 feet. At 61 feet, 10 1/4 inches, Illinois athlete Abria Smith's third throw put her in second place. Nevertheless, Mya easily won with her second-best throw of 61 feet, 11 inches. Her ecstatic father Brock watched from the stands as she would go on to keep the family name in the national rafters. The younger Lesnar earlier won the NCAA indoor shot put title in 2024, making him just the sixth Colorado State athlete to earn outdoor gold. Mya is now the only athlete in program history to win both indoor and outdoor championships. After transferring from Arizona State to CSU, Mya became one of the country's best collegiate throwers under coach Brian Bedard. She came into this week's competition as the top seed in the country after placing sixth at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Last summer, she would go on to win an Olympic bronze with her personal best score of 64 feet, 3 3/4 inches. "Heck yeah it was. It was pretty awesome," Lesnar said to the school's athletics website, on her triumph. "Obviously throws like that don't happen often, and to do it on my first one was pretty cool. I just went calm, hit my cues. [Rams coach Brian] Bedard and I have tons of trust, and that's exactly what we did." As stated, her achievements echoes her famous father. Brocl came back from a losing position in double overtime to win 3-2 in one of the most thrilling tournament finals ever. In addition to starting a career that would include celebrity status in the WWE, UFC, and a brief NFL stint, that victory culminated a 50-2 record at Minnesota. 5 5 His daughter's ascent to NCAA greatness now partially matches his remarkably powerful athletic past. Since his final in-ring performance at SummerSlam 2023, Brock has been absent from the professional wrestling industry.
Reuters
6 days ago
- Sport
- Reuters
WWE wrestler Lesnar's daughter Mya wins NCAA shot put title
June 14 (Reuters) - Mya Lesnar, the daughter of World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler and ex-mixed martial artist Brock Lesnar, smacked down her opponents with a massive opening effort to win the women's shot put at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships. The 23-year-old Colorado State athlete won with her first throw of 19.01 metres, with her father Brock in attendance at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on Friday. "It was pretty awesome. Obviously throws like that don't happen often, and to do it on my first one was pretty cool. I just went calm, hit my cues," Lesnar told reporters. "(coach) Brian Bedard and I have tons of trust, and that's exactly what we did. I think it had more of an effect for me. "It meant more for me to do it on the first one, to start off the competition strong. A lot of the other ladies responded. It was awesome." Lesnar, who won the women's shot put title at the NCAA Division I indoor track and field championships last year, also recorded the second-best throw of the event with an 18.87 metres effort. Only Illinois' Abria Smith provided any challenge to Lesnar's supremacy, coming close with a throw of 18.85 metres on her third attempt. Lesnar's father Brock is among wrestling's most celebrated stars and was an Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion for nearly two years between November 2008 and October 2010. He won the NCAA Division I heavyweight wrestling championship in 2000 and also pursued a career in the National Football League, playing a few pre-season games for the Minnesota Vikings in 2004.
News.com.au
7 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Brock Lesnar's daughter Mya one-ups famous father with latest incredible feat
Mya Lesnar, the daughter of UFC and WWE star Brock Lesnar, is a national champion. A senior at Colorado State, Mya captured the NCAA shot put championship on her first throw, which travelled 19.01 meters at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Thursday, the New York Post reports. It was a fitting end to a dominant collegiate career in which Mya also won the 2024 indoor shot put national championship and was named 2024 Mountain West Female Athlete of the Year, among several other accolades. She entered the national championships ranked as the top outdoor shot put thrower in the nation and bested Illinois' Abria Smith, whose best throw landed at 18.85 metres. You can watch Mya Lesnar's winning throw in the player above. Mya's title also marked Colorado State's first outdoor national championship since 2005, when Loree Smith won the hammer throw. Mya was the only woman to hit the 19-meter mark all season, and her title-winning throw on Thursday was far from her personal best. She hit the 19.60-metre mark at the final dual meet of her collegiate career, which would have secured a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. And it turns out she may have gotten some pre-competition inspiration from 'Modern Family' star Eric Stonestreet, who said he 'coached her up a little over FaceTime in prep for the big day' in a congratulatory post on Instagram. By capturing her second national title, Mya has now officially outdone the NCAA career of her dad, who won the NCAA heavyweight wrestling title with Minnesota in 2000 before going on to UFC and WWE glory. Brock was in attendance as Mya earned the title, proudly taking in the moment from the stands. What's next for Mya's career remains to be seen, although she certainly seems to have the requisite talent to compete for the U.S. at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles if she desires.
