BC’s Camryn Rogers completes Canadian sweep of hammer throw gold medals

On Sunday, Ethan Katzberg left no doubt as to who is the top male hammer thrower in the world.

The 22 year old, who grew up in Nanaimo but now calls Kamloops home, dominated the men’s hammer throw event at Paris 2024 en route to an Olympic gold medal.

Today, fellow British Columbian Camryn Rogers completed the Canadian sweep, as she claimed gold in the women’s event with a top throw of 76.97 metres.

She's done it🤩👏 Camryn Rogers is #TeamCanada’s first ever Olympic medallist in the hammer throw.

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Elle a réussi 🤩👏 Camryn Rogers est la toute première médaillée olympique de #ÉquipeCanada au lancer du marteau. pic.twitter.com/kqshy938zq

— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 6, 2024

The Richmond native topped the podium over Annette Echikunwoke of the United States and Zhao Jie of China, who earned silver and bronze with throws of 75.48 and 74.27 metres respectively.

The golden sweep by Rogers and Katzberg is just the third time that one country has topped the podium in both hammer throw events at the same Olympics.

While there was more Canadian magic in hammer throw today, the magic faded quickly for the men’s basketball team after cruising through the group stage with a perfect 3-0 record.

Final from France

Canada's #SMNT battles hard but comes up short against the hosts at the #Paris2024 quarterfinals. pic.twitter.com/O88rft1LPK

— Canada Basketball (@CanBball) August 6, 2024

Up against the host France in the quarterfinals, the Canadians fell way behind early and were unable to overcome the deficit.

Despite a valiant effort from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and company, cutting a 19-point French lead to just five points in the fourth quarter, an 82-73 loss saw France move on and Canada eliminated from the tournament.

Back on the track, another notable Canadian storyline from Tuesday’s action was Saskatchewan’s Savannah Sutherland.

Semi-finals for Savannah Sutherland! 🇨🇦✨

In the 400mh Savannah Sutherland finished third in her heat advancing her straight to the #Olympics semis 👏

📸: Mark Blinch/COC pic.twitter.com/j0FlkXskFe

— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) August 4, 2024

A day shy of her 21st birthday, Sutherland ran the women’s 400m hurdle semifinal in 53.80, which was just enough to get her into Thursday’s final.

Looking ahead to Wednesday, reigning Olympic gold medallist Andrew DeGrasse will be competing in the men’s 200m semifinal.

He’ll be joined by fellow Canadians Brendon Rodney and Aaron Brown, who both qualified for the semi through the repechage round today.

_{Thumbnail photo courtesy of Leah Hennel/Canadian Olympic Committee.}