Canadas Rogers retains world hammer title with huge throw

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TOKYO - Canadas Olympic champion Camryn Rogers became a double hammer world champion in devastating fashion on Monday as she established herself as the second-longest thrower in history with a second-round effort of 80.51 metres.

Rogers came into the competition as the hot favourite and duly opened proceedings with 78.09 – longer than her leading throw in qualifying. She then stamped her authority all over the field and the event with her second of 80.51.

It was an almost two-metre improvement on her personal best of 78.88 and put her second on the all-time list behind Polands world record holder Anita Włodarczyk, who has a best of 82.98 set nine years ago.

Another effort of 78.27 and a finish of 79.11 for fun merely underlined Rogers dominance.

China took silver through Zhao Jie, with a personal best of 77.60 on her final throw after 18-year-old Zhang Jiale had briefly gone ahead of her with her last throw of 77.10, but had to settle for bronze.

I don’t know when it’s going to hit me but I think tonight was one of the best moments in my entire life, said 26-year-old Rogers, who finished fifth in the Tokyo Stadium in the 2021 Olympics with no fans present.

To come back here after four years and to get my second world title. To do it with my family here and my coach and everyone by my side is just the best feeling in the world.

Speaking about her remarkably consistent run of throws in the final, Rogers added: Everything came together when it mattered the most. This is truly a very hard thing to accomplish. Over the last few years, my coach