Canada's Sarah Mitton poses for a photo after winning the gold medal in the women's shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships on Friday in Glasgow, Scotland.
Looking to build on a wealth of recent success, Canada's athletics team enters the Paris Olympics with three reigning world champions and a number of medal contenders.Canada's Sarah Mitton is shown after winning the gold medal in the women's shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, in March of 2024.
"It's really exciting to be on a team that's about to win a lot of medals because the momentum that you feel as the team starts to pick a few up, it elevates the entire team," said Sarah Mitton, the world's second-ranked women's shot putter and a silver medallist at last year's worlds. Canada's athletics team took a major blow earlier this week when Pierce LePage, the reigning world champion in the men's decathlon, withdrew from the Paris Games due to a herniated disc in his back.LePage was expected to form a strong 1-2 punch with Damian Warner in the decathlon at Paris. World Athletics ranks LePage as the top decathlete in the world, with Warner at No. 2 after finishing second at the 2023 world championships in Budapest. Warner, from London, Ont.
"It's great to have a new guy come in here Eli , he's going to help us toward our relay goals, and then of course the veterans like myself, Aaron and Rodney, we're just going to carry that momentum and try to get a gold in Paris in the relay."Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney, who won Olympic men's 4x100-metre relay bronze in 2016 and silver in 2020, finished in fourth place at the Diamond League meet in London, along with Eliezer Adjibi and Duan Asemota.
However, Gilbert isn't trying to predict a medal count for Canada at the Games. He also wants to see who's setting personal or season bests, along with top-eight performances, to get a view of what the 2028 Olympic group could look like.
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