Charles Philibert-Thiboutot edges Canadian teammate Rob Heppenstall for 1,500m gold medal at Pan Am Games
Canada's Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, front, crosses the finish line in the men's 1500-meter final at the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile, Chile, on Nov. 2, 2023.Charles Philibert-Thiboutot dived for a finish line for the first time in his career to gain a Pan American Games gold medal Thursday.
Philibert-Thiboutot also earned men’s 5,000-metre silver earlier in the week. He’d crossed the line third, but was upgraded when Mexico’s Fernando Martinez, who crossed the line first, was disqualified for obstruction and jostling. Steppenhall surged from mid-pack to front-runner over the final 150 metres of the 1,500 with a crush of competitors on his heels.
Mitton dominated women’s shot put from the outset with a throw of 18.90 metres in the first round. The 27-year-old upgraded to 19.19 in the fifth and sixth rounds, while none of her competitors threw over 18. Mitton acknowledged she lacked the “quick-pop fire” she had in the summer when she threw 20.08 metres to get on the world podium in Budapest, Hungary.
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