Richmond athlete wins gold at World Athletics Championships
Posted August 24, 2023 1:39 pm.
Canada’s Camryn Rogers has won the gold medal in the women’s hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Rogers’ first throw of 77.22 metres stood as the winner. No other thrower hit the 77-metre mark.
Camryn Rogers in 2023 :
World Champion
Canadian Champion
National Record Holder
Canadian Championship Record HolderCongratulations Camryn you are the best in the world!
by @worldathletics #Budapest2023 #WorldAthletics #worldathleticschamps pic.twitter.com/gWJQLlHDMv
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) August 24, 2023
Janee’ Kassanavoid of the United States (76.36) was second and fellow American DeAnna Price (75.41) was third.
Rogers won silver in her worlds debut in 2022, becoming the first Canadian woman to ever win a world championship medal in a field event.
The 24-year-old from Richmond, B.C., owns the fifth-best mark ever in the women’s hammer throw at 78.62 metres — and the Canadian record — which came in May.
Rogers, who entered the world championships ranked second in the world in women’s hammer throw, won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and is a three-time NCAA champion and record holder.
Canada swept the hammer throw titles at the worlds. Ethan Katzberg won gold in the men’s event on Saturday.
Another Richmond athlete, Evan Dunfee, narrowly missed the podium in the 35K racewalk, finishing in fourth place. His time of 2:25:28 was a season-best for the former Olympic medallist.
What a performance
Evan Dunfee places 4th in the 35K Racewalk with a Season’s Best time of 2:25:28
This is his second Top 4 finish of #Budapest2023 after also placing 4th in the 20K Racewalk on Friday pic.twitter.com/8DjarDESrX
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) August 24, 2023
In other Canadian results, Andre De Grasse qualified for the men’s 200-metre final, Marco Arop moved on to the men’s 800 final and Mo Ahmed earned a spot in the men’s 5,000 final.
With files from Sportsnet
