Tag: German shot-putter

David Storl’s friends were convinced he had been a victim of a deepfake.Last Tuesday, out of the blue, the former German world champion and Olympic silver medallist shot putter popped up on their mobile screens. In a minute-and-a-half-long Instagram reel, Storl was seen sitting at an indoor athletics arena, his lips-syncing to every word uttered in an “unrecognisable language”, with captions in a “foreign” text and India’s flag next to it. “Some of my friends called me to say my profile was hacked… I was speaking in another language,” Storl laughs. “It was funny.” Story continues below this ad All along, though, Storl was simply reaching out to one of his biggest fan bases — hundreds of wannabe shot putters across towns and villages in India. And the video was an offer to ...