Canada’s Camryn Rogers Wins Historic Silver in Women’s Hammer Throw at World Championship

Camryn Rogers, of Canada, competes during the women's hammer throw final at the World Athletics Championships on July 17, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/David J. Phillip

Canada’s Camryn Rogers spun four times in the circle, then unleashed a hammer throw that soared straight into the history books.

The 23-year-old from Richmond, B.C., threw 75.52 metres to win silver at the world track and field championships on Sunday, not only Canada’s first world medal in women’s hammer, but the country’s first women’s podium finish in a field event—period.