Backley, the voice of the BBC’s athletics field coverage, was calling the qualification round of the women’s shot put on Thursday morning when America’s Raven Saunders was shown on the screen.

Raven Saunders has been something of a social media sensation at the Tokyo Olympics thanks to her outfits Adam Carlson is the senior editor for human interest at PEOPLE, which he first joined in 2015.

When Raven Saunders stepped into the circle for their first attempt of women’s shot put qualifying, they knew their throw would be good enough to get them to the Olympic Trials final. Before throwing, ...