Sarah Mitton will arrive at this summer’s Paris Olympic Games as a world champion.
The 27-year-old broke a Canadian record twice on her way to women’s shot put gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships on Friday in Glasgow, Scotland.
Mitton, of Brooklyn, N.S., won the event with a new national indoor record throw of 20.22 metres.
She set the mark with her final attempt, having already wrapped up the gold medal with a mark of 20.20m in her fourth throw.
WATCH | Mitton claims gold in Glasgow:
Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., broke the Canadian women’s indoor shot put record twice, to win gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Mitton had the gold medal wrapped up before her final attempt, having thrown a distance of 20.20 metres in her fourth attempt before pushing the record to 20.22m.
Germany’s Yemisi Ogunleye (20.19m) captured silver while American Chase Jackson (19.67m) took bronze.
The Brooklyn, N.S., native adds a world title to an impressive resume: Mitton is the world silver medallist from the Budapest world championships last summer, Commonwealth Games champion and Pan American Games champion.
WATCH | Did Sarah Mitton almost leave shot put behind? A conversation with Ariel Helwani:
CBC Olympics host Ariel Helwani sits down with world championship silver medallist Sarah Mitton to talk about her Olympic experience, goals for Paris, and how close she came to leaving the sport of shot put.
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