Canadian Camryn Rogers Makes History With Hammer Throw Gold

Canada may add hammer throw to the list of sports it can dominate at the Olympics after Camryn Rogers won gold, becoming the country’s first medalist in the women’s event.

Rogers was seen as the favorite going into the event and threw 76.97 meters, her furthest, on her fourth attempt. No one else topped that mark and took gold, with Nneka Annette Echikunwoke of the US and China’s Jie Zhao joining her on the podium.

It wasn’t her only big throw at the Games, by the way: she threw the second-longest distance in the qualifying round, 74.69 meters.

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It was the second time the Richmond, British Columbia native competed at the Olympics. She was the first Canadian woman to reach the finals of the women’s hammer throw, finishing fifth in the event.

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Rogers is the world’s top-ranked hammer thrower and comes to the Games after winning silver at the 2022 World Championships and gold at last year’s World Championships. She is the first and only Canadian woman to win a medal at the World Championships in the hammer throw.

It is also the first gold medal a Canadian woman has taken home in track and field at the Olympic Games since the “Matchless Six,” the first Canadian women’s team to compete and medal at the 1928 Olympic Games.

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Rogers’ victory also pushed Canada into the top spots on the podium in both the men’s and women’s hammer throw, just two days after fellow Canadian Ethan Katzberg of British Columbia won gold in the men’s event, the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the event since 1912.

— with files from The Canadian Press

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