Canadian shot put record holder Sarah Mitton scored a second-place finish at the Diamond League track and field event in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday.
The Brooklyn, N.S., native’s best throw of 19.98 metres was just behind the winning distance of 20.00m by American rival, Chase Jackson.
Mitton, the women’s shot put world No. 2, placed second in Suzhou, China a month ago, third in Marrakech, Morocco on May 19 and fourth in Xiamen, China, to open Diamond League campaign.
Three other Canadians were in action in Stockholm on Sunday, but only one was in an official Diamond League event. Jean-Simon Desgagnés, of Saint-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., finished with a season’s best time in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase. His time of eight minutes 15.95 seconds was also good enough for an eighth-place result.
WATCH | Mitton takes second in shot put:
With a shot put throw of 19.98, Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., claimed second place for Canada.
In non-Diamond League points events, Quebec City’s Charles Philibert-Thiboutot finished the men’s 1,500m in three minutes 34.95 seconds, for a seventh-place result, while sprinter Jerome Blake, of Kelowna, B.C., finished third (10.44 seconds) in the national men’s 100m.
WATCH | Eseme wins men’s100m:
Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon sprinted to a 100-metre win at the Diamond League Stockholm race Sunday with a time of 10.16.
WATCH | Jackson wins women’s 200m:
Jamaica’s Sherika Jackson ran to a season-best time of 22.69 Sunday to take the Diamond League Stockholm 200-metre title.
Diamond League calendar
- Paris — July 7
- Monaco — July 12
- London — July 20
- Lausanne, Switzerland — Aug. 22
- Silesia, Poland — Aug. 25
- Rome — Aug. 30
- Zurich — Sept. 5
- Brussels (DL Final) — Sept. 13-14
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