Canada’s Camryn Rogers is not only a back-to-back world champion–she’s also now the second-best hammer thrower of all time. On Monday evening in Tokyo, in just her second attempt of the women’s hammer throw final, the 26-year-old launched a monster throw of 80.51 metres to defend her gold medal, winning by nearly three metres.
The performance shatters her previous Canadian record of 78.88m set just two months ago and marks the second-best throw in world history. The current world record of 82.98, belonging to Poland’s Anita Włodarczyk, has stood since 2016.
“For everything to come together at a major championships is what makes these moments so special,” Rogers told Canadian Running. “To do it on my second throw was pretty crazy, but then to be able to come back and have a consistent series–it was everything I could’ve possibly dreamed of in a competition.”
Rogers would have won the title with four of five of her marks; she threw 78.09-metres in her first attempt, 78.27 metres in her third and 79.11 metres in her final attempt. China’s Jie Zhao and Jiale Zhang took silver and bronze in 77.60m and 77.10m, respectively; both of their marks were achieved on their final attempts.
The Richmond, B.C., native is the only Canadian woman to have won either world championship or Olympic gold in the hammer throw discipline.
This is Canada’s second gold medal of the Games; Richmond, B.C.’s Evan Dunfee won gold in the men’s 35 km race walk on Saturday.
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