Canada’s Camryn Rogers makes an attempt in the women’s hammer throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Canada’s Camryn Rogers makes an attempt in the women’s hammer throw qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
TOKYO - Canada’s Camryn Rogers is one step closer to defending her title at the world athletics championships.
The 26-year-old from Richmond, B.C., had a top throw — also her first throw — of 77.52 metres in Group B of the qualification round of the women’s hammer throw to top all competitors in Sunday’s (local time) morning session.Â
The final is set for Monday’s evening session.
“Today felt really good,” Rogers told reporters. “From the moment I stepped out onto the track, I had a very clear idea of what I needed to do and how to do it. So to be able to step in the ring, execute the way Coach Moh (Mohamad Saatara) and I planned to do, and to walk away with a great throw — today was perfect in terms of a qualification round.
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“I think we’ve gone through enough now to kind of have an idea of what works and what doesn’t work. Coach Moh and I, we had the same goal of getting one (throw) out and getting out as fast as we can. So to be able to do that, ... we’ve done the work, we’re ready.”
Rogers is also the reigning Olympic champion in the event. She has a personal best of 78.88 metres, which she threw to win the Prefontaine Classic on July 5.Â
Jillian Weir of Kingston, Ont., did not make the final with a top throw of 67.98 metres. The automatic qualifying mark was 74.00 metres or at least place in the top 12.
In the women’s marathon final, 43-year-old Natasha Wodak of Surrey, B.C., ran a season-best time of two hours 36 minutes two seconds to finish 31st.Â
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2025.
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