'Restless' Majewski makes history in London

London, UK - Tomasz Majewski is restless – which means 6ft 8in and 21 stone of restlessness. An hour after becoming the first man to win back-to-back Olympic Shot Put titles since Parry O’Brien, who won the 1952 and 1956 titles for the United States, the bearded and bandana’d Pole is finding life very irksome as he sits in the official post-event media conference, flanked by the two men who will stand either side of him in Saturday’s medal ceremony – Germany’s 22-year-old World champion David Storl, and former World champion Reese Hoffa of the United States.

It may be because many of the questions seem to be going either side of him, although it is clear from the friendly and respectful way in which he behaves with his fellow athletes that Majewski is a friendly and generous character.

Friendly and generous to his friends, doubtless. Less generous with the press, especially when they ask what he clearly regards as dumb questions.