Canada’s Camryn Rogers Wins Gold in Hammer Throw, While Men’s Basketball Team Falls in Quarter-final

Canada’s Camryn Rogers took first place in the women’s hammer throw event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, becoming the country’s first-ever Olympic medallist in the event. On her fourth attempt on Aug. 6, the Richmond, B.C., native tossed 76.97 metres, her farthest throw. In the qualifying round, she threw 74.69 meters, the second-farthest distance in that round. The United States placed second in the women’s hammer throw event, with Nneka Echikunwoke throwing 75.48 meters, and China placed third after Jie Zhao’s 74.27-meter throw. Rogers’s gold medal is the country’s third ever in a women’s athletics event at the Olympics. The last time a Canadian woman won gold in athletics at the Olympics was in 1928 in Amsterdam. During those games, Ethel Catherwood won the high jump and the women’s 4 x 100m relay....