Camryn Rogers is looking to end a 109-year medal drought when she competes in Tuesday’s hammer throw final
The Associated PressNot since Duncan Gillis at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics has a Canadian medalled in hammer throw. Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., is looking to end that 109-year drought when she competes in Tuesday’s hammer throw final. The 22-year-old, who recently won the NCAA championships and shattered the scholastic record, threw 73.97 metres on her very first throw in the qualification round. It was the fourth-best throw overall on the day.
, and Toronto’s Wilkerson stunned Sarah Sponcil and Kelly Claes of the United States 2-1 in the round of 16. The Americans had gone undefeated in the group stage while the Canadians had a 1-2 record. John Child and Mark Heese won Canada’s only Olympic beach volleyball medal at the Atlanta Games in 1996.Artistic swimming gets underway at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre Tuesday. Twenty-two teams are competing in the duet technical routine. Returning Olympian Jacqueline Simoneau from St-Laurent, Que.
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