SANTIAGO — Charles Philibert-Thiboutot dived for a finish line for the first time in his career to gain a Pan American Games gold medal Thursday.
The Quebec City runner tumbled onto the Estadio Nacional track while crossing the finish line just two hundredths of a second faster than teammate Rob Heppenstall of Hamilton in the men's 1,500 metres.
Julie-Anne Staehli of Lucknow, Ont., was a bronze medallist in the women's 5,000 metres to make it a four-medal Thursday for Canada's track team. "It's been a super-hard year for me. I went through this whole year without any sponsorship," Steppenhall."Kind of living paycheque to paycheque really within the sport.
The Pan Am Games come at the end of a long season for Mitton, who earned world championship silver and finished second in the international Diamond League series. Early November would normally be the off-season for the thrower. "The consistency and that bottom level for me, I was very happy with the 18.90 to start, confidence," she said."To be able to open with that and build on it through the competition was really cool."
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