Canada’s Mitton takes silver in ladies’s shot put at world indoors
TORUN, Poland — Canada’s Sarah Mitton earned a silver medal Friday on the world indoor monitor and area championships.
Her mark of 19.78 metres was good for second place behind American Chase Jackson at 20.14. Sweden’s Axelina Johansson was third in 19.75.
“Each time you permit with a medal round your neck, you must be pleased,” Mitton mentioned. “There have been just a few competitions prior to now after I was throwing properly and completed fourth. In the present day, I didn’t fairly hit it proper.
“There was one throw the place the shot hit the web which may have been the one for me right this moment however that’s these pesky indoor sectors.”
Mitton, from Brooklyn, N.S., is a two-time world indoor champion. She took gold in 2024 and ’25.
“I really feel pleased for Chase,” Mitton mentioned. “Earlier than the competitors, she instructed me I ought to let her win no less than one indoor title. After all I used to be making an attempt to beat her till the final try but when it was not me successful, I’m pleased it was her.”
Additionally Friday, Christopher Morales Williams of Vaughan, Ont., had the quickest time within the males’s 400-metre semifinals.
He certified for Saturday’s ultimate by successful his warmth in 45.35 seconds.
Toronto’s Zoe Sherar additionally certified for Saturday’s ultimate within the ladies’s 400. She was sixth general within the semifinals in 51.61.
