Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton finishes second at Stockholm Diamond League

Posted On: June 4, 2024

Canadian shot put record holder Sarah Mitton took second place Sunday at the Diamond League track and field event in Stockholm.

The Brooklyn, Nova Scotia native's best throw of 19.98 meters was just behind American rival Chase Jackson's winning distance of 20.00.

“I think the two of us, with Sarah, could have thrown further. It was a very good competition and it kind of showed what was going to happen [Paris] Olympic Games [in August]Jackson said.

Mitton, the women's world number two, placed second in Suzhou, China, a month ago, third in Marrakech, Morocco, on May 19 and fourth in Xiamen, China, to open the Diamond campaign League.

In Sweden, Mitton spoke of his goal of surpassing 20 meters, but added that there were positives within two centimeters.

“To be so close is good because we are still quite early in the season,” he told the Diamond League website. “I’m looking forward to training a little more, so I can always be consistently above that line and hopefully have some more close battles with Chase.”

“Last time I was in Stockholm I threw 19.90, so that's three inches better. It’s a question of progress.”

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Canada's Sarah Mitton finishes second in shot put at Diamond League in Stockholm

With a shot put of 19.98, Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, took second place for Canada.

Mitton admitted his expectations were higher this outdoor season after clearing 20 meters twice in five indoor events, including a winning throw of 20.22 at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow on March 1.

Looking for his fourth consecutive Canadian title

“There's a lot to be grateful for in my life as a thrower, so I try to focus on everything in a little positive way,” said Mitton, who raised his Canadian outdoor record to 20.68 on May 11 in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania.

Mitton will try to win four straight national titles at the Olympic Trials June 26-30 in Montreal.

“I really want to compete at home,” he said. “I'm trying to clean up my finish a little and put the pieces together. I arrive a little early and my throws are very high. So I'm working on that to be able to achieve that.

Three other Canadians were in action in Stockholm, but only one was participating in an official Diamond League event. Jean-Simon Desgagnés of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que., finished with the best time of the season in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase. His time of eight minutes and 15.95 seconds was also good enough to finish eighth.

World record holder Lamecha Girma set the world's best time this season, winning in 8:01.63, ahead of fellow Ethiopian Samuel Firewu, who set a personal best in 8:05.78.

In the non-Diamond League points events, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot of Quebec finished the men's 1,500m in three minutes 34.95 seconds for seventh place, while sprinter Jerome Blake of Kelowna, Columbia- British, finished third (10.44 seconds) at the national events. test. 100m men.

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Eseme wins the 100 meters at the Stockholm Diamond League

Cameroonian Emmanuel Eseme took victory in the 100 meters at the Stockholm Diamond League race on Sunday with a time of 10.16.

“A few details to refine, but it’s positive to record a second time under 3:35 this season,” wrote Félix-Antoine Lapointe, Philibert-Thiboutot’s coach, in a message to X. Last May 28 , Philibert-Thiboutot was fourth. (3:34.50) during the 63rd Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Philibert-Thiboutot will return to Vancouver for “intense” training and physical therapy before the Harry Jerome Monitor Basic on June 15 in Burnaby, British Columbia, followed by the Montreal Monitor and Subject Basic six days later. He is expected to run the 800 in Burnaby and the 1000 in Montreal before returning to the 1500 at the Olympic trials.

“After the tests, [I] I want to keep my body cool and increase the intensity, so I won't be [racing] As many. The workouts will be hard but with less volume,” said Philibert-Thiboutot. “At the beginning of July, I will be more rested for the key workouts and races. The perfect thing is to run [once] Before [the Olympics in] Paris after the trials, 1,500 or 3,000 in Europe.”

Duplantis wins but does not reach the world record

Swede Armand Duplantis failed in another attempt to break his own pole vault world record, but continued to impress ahead of the Paris Olympics.

The Olympic and World Cup record was built by Octava with a salto of 6.24 meters in April, and after logging the victory with its first intention at 6:00 of the domingo, you have the native public following the minetras intentaba hacerlo even better.

Duplantis was very close, but couldn't get past 6.25 in his three attempts. American Sam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, finished second with 5.90.

Bol takes hurdle victory in first outdoor match

Femke Bol returned victorious to action in her first outdoor race of the year, and the Dutch world champion had no trouble winning the women's 400 hurdles in 53.07.

“It was really fun, Stockholm is really a wonderful place and especially if I get to run during the Mondo world record attempts, the crowd is really amazing,” Bol said.

Brazilian Alison dos Santos took victory in the men's 400 hurdles, ahead of world silver medalist Kyron McMaster. Dos Santos, who beat Norwegian Olympic and world champion Karsten Warholm in Oslo on Thursday in a world record time of 46.63 seconds, had the luxury of running a slower time of 47.01 as he approached the finish line after exploding in the final straight.

In other results:

British Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir took victory in the women's 1,500 meters with a time of 3:57.99. Muir made his move on the final turn and pulled away on the backstretch. Kenya's Edinah Jebitok came second in a personal best time of 3:58.88, ahead of Georgia Griffith, the Australian who won over 3,000 meters in Oslo on Thursday.
World champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the women's high jump by clearing 2.00 meters on her second attempt, and the Ukrainian made her outdoor season debut.
Jamaican world champion Shericka Jackson won the women's 200 meters with a time of 22.69, the best time of the season, but still well below her 21.41 from last season, the second best time of the history.

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