From right to left, Ethan Katzberg, Katie Vincent and Brendon Rodney. All three Canadians won gold at the 2024 Olympics.
Ethan Katzberg, Katie Vincent and Brendon Rodney are three of Canada's gold-medal Olympians from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where Canada had it's best medal haul at a non-boycotted summer Olympic games.From right to left, Ethan Katzberg, Katie Vincent and Brendon Rodney. All three Canadians won gold at the 2024 Olympics. Ethan Katzberg couldn't have wished for a better Olympic debut.
Katzberg gained a lot of media attention at the Olympics, not only for his performance but also his physique. People from Australia and Germany jokingly claimed him as one of their citizens on social media and he's been compared to the Norse god of Thunder, Thor.Two days after Katzberg struck gold, so did fellow B.C. resident Camryn Rogers. Those medals in women's and men's hammer throw were Canada's first in the sport in 112 years.
Ethan Katzberg started off the Canadian sweep of the hammer throw events at the Paris 2024 Olympics. His gold was Canada's first Olympic medal in the sport in 112 years. "The Olympics is our one week on TV every four years, so we want to make sure that we're showcasing our country well and our sport well and hopefully it encourages more people to go to canoe clubs near them — they're all over the country."
"We trust each other that we're going to get the job done," Rodney said. "We wholeheartedly put that trust in, if we go out there and win, we're going to win together. If we lose, we lose together. There's no real blame game or anything."
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