With one toss, Camryn Rogers rewrote the Canadian record books.
The Richmond, B.C., native won hammer throw gold at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday in Budapest with her initial heave of 77.22 metres.
Rogers’s victory completed Canada’s first-ever hammer-throw double after fellow B.C. native Ethan Katzberg won the men’s event.
Rogers, 24, is also the second Canadian woman to win a gold medal at worlds, and the first since Perdita Felicien in 2003. She improves on the silver she obtained at 2022 worlds in Eugene, Ore., when she became the first Canadian woman to win a medal in a field event.
“It’s almost hard to wrap my mind around everything that’s happened. I think it’s gonna hit me later on. What an incredible and magical night,” Rogers told CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo after the race.
B.C.’s Camryn Rogers captures hammer throw gold at worlds
Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., win’s the women’s hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships with a distance of 77.22 metres. Rogers’ victory completed Canada’s first-ever hammer-throw double after fellow B.C. native Ethan Katzberg won the men’s event.
Janee’ Kassanavoid of the United States (76.36) claimed silver and fellow American DeAnna Price (75.41) earned bronze.
Rogers owns the fifth-best mark ever in the women’s hammer throw at 78.62 metres — and the Canadian record — which came in May.
She entered the world championships ranked second in the world in women’s hammer throw, won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and is a three-time NCAA champion and record holder.
Rogers’s and Katzberg’s medals are Canada’s lone podium appearances in the Budapest thus far.
“To me, no one would have scripted this in one week. Hammer throw gold for the men and the women. Goodbye hockey, hello hammer throw,” said Felicien, serving as an analyst for CBC Sports.
Four of Rogers’s six throws in the competition would have been enough to win the gold medal — but she appeared calm throughout, leaning on advice from a fellow throw that “it’s not over ’til it’s over.”
“Having that helped keep me focused until it was over,” Rogers said, “and then it was hugs.”
B.C.’s Camryn Rogers reflects on ‘incredible, magic night’ at world championships
Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., talks to CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo after winning the women’s hammer throw title at the World Athletics Championships.
De Grasse moves on
Meanwhile, Andre De Grasse gave himself a chance to prove his big-race reputation once again.
The Markham, Ont., native qualified for the 200-metre final with a time of 20.10, good for third in his heat.
“That was tough,” De Grasse said. “I’m missing that 100 speed, of course, and they got away from me on the turn, which doesn’t usually happen. But I live to fight another day.”
De Grasse advances to 200 metre final at worlds
Andre De Grasse’s time of 20.10 in the 200 metre semifinal was good enough for the reigning Olympic champion to advance to the final on day six of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
De Grasse, the reigning Olympic champion in the distance, struggled through much of the 2023, failing to meet the qualifying standard time for the 100 and only getting into the 200 on the last day possible, when he ran a 20.01 to win the Canadian title.
But the six-time Olympic medallist and five-time world medallist has always seemed to come up clutch when races matter most.
“I’m a competitor. I always want to come out here and do my best for my country, my family, my friends. And no matter what type of shape I’m in or how healthy I am I just try to go out here and compete,” De Grasse said. “I’m in the final after a struggling season so I’ll take that.”
Andre De Grasse reflects on advancing to 200 metre final at worlds
CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo speaks with Andre De Grasse after his 200 metre semifinal race at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
But he’ll face stiff competition in that final on Friday, including American Noah Lyles, the 100 champion who’s boasted of breaking Usain Bolt’s longstanding world record.
In addition to Lyles, Americans Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton, plus Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, all broke the 20-second mark in the semis.
Toronto’s Aaron Brown, whose time of 20.19 seconds in the first semi would have been enough to go through, was disqualified for stepping on the line.
Brown told CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo after the race that he planned on appealing the ruling.
“It’s definitely disappointing. It’s a tough one to swallow. There’s nothing I can really say right now, just gotta be a professional about it,” Brown said.
Toronto’s Aaron Brown disqualified after 200 metre semifinal race
Toronto’s Aaron Brown was disqualified from his 200 metre semifinal race on day six of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Brendon Rodney, of Etobicoke, Ont., failed to advance with his time of 20.27 seconds.
“You always think you can do things better, but really you just gotta run fast on the day. That’s it,” Rodney said.
Still, Brown and Rodney aren’t done in Budapest, as they’ll form half of Canada’s 4×100 relay team that kicks off its title defence with heats on Friday.
Toronto’s Aaron Brown reacts after disqualification in 200 metre semifinal at worlds
CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo speaks with Aaron Brown after disqualification in the 200 metre semifinal at World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Cart crash
Rodney’s race was delayed after two carts, one of which was carrying some competitors including the Canadian and Lyles, crashed into each other.
All eight runners scheduled for the race competed, though a video shows Jamaica’s Andrew Hudson pressing his fingers to his right eye, in apparent pain.
World Athletics put out a statement saying Hudson had been cleared to race and the volunteer was “fine.” Later, Hudson was moved through to Friday’s final due to a referee’s decision.
This is the first world championships for the 26-year-old from Jamaica., whose personal-best time was 19.87 and was ranked 11th in the world this year.
“I did the best I could do,” he said after finishing in 20.38. “I was sitting in the middle of the room for like 20 minutes, trying to have a decision if I was going to compete or not. I worked hard to be here. And even under circumstances, everybody has hurdles in life. If I can run I’m going to try my best. So I tried.
“It is my first world championships so it’s going to be memorable. … Maybe I’d better walk next time.”
An aerial video shows the cart carrying the athletes cruising down a sidewalk outside the stadium to bring the athletes to the warm-up room in the track. An oncoming cart hits the athletes’ cart in the middle and a volunteer wearing an orange shirt comes tumbling out of the first cart.
Buggy crash at World Athletics Championships delays 200 metre semifinal race
American Noah Lyles, Jamaican Andrew Hudson and Canada’s Brendon Rodney were on board a buggy that collided with another buggy, on route to the National Athletics Centre stadium in Budapest.
In the women’s 200 semis, Sha’Carri Richardson took one more step toward completing the double by qualifying second in her heat at 22.20 seconds. Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson, the reigning world champion, is also through, as are other contenders Marie-Josée Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred.
“She’s the reigning world champion at this. This is her wheelhouse; this is her thing,” Felicien said. “And I think she doesn’t want to leave Budapest with anything other than a gold medal in her pocket.”
American Gabby Thomas posted the fastest time at 21.97 seconds.
Meanwhile, Canadian racewalker Evan Dunfee will be going home with a pair of fourth-place finishes.
The 32-year-old from Richmond, B.C., ended up just off the podium in the 35-kilometre event, blazing to a season’s-best time of two hours 25 minutes 28 seconds.
That time was 13 seconds off the bronze-medal-winning time of Japan’s Masatora Kawano.
Spain’s Álvaro Martín won gold in 2:24:30, while Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador (2:24:34) took silver.
B.C.’s Evan Dunfee just misses the podium, finishing 4th again in world 35km race walk
After finishing fourth in the 20km race walk, Evan Dunfee of Richmond, B.C., finished fourth again in the men’s 35km race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Dunfee also finished fourth in the 20km event on Saturday, setting a Canadian record in the process. He said he was battling a hamstring injury entering the race.
“There was a moment there where I wasn’t sure I was going to finish the race, but the adrenaline or whatever it was kicked in and I was able to regroup and hobble, for lack of a better word, across the finish line,” Dunfee told Petrillo.
“Some silver lining there as well that I was actually able to get to that finish line, but being so close to another medal, it is a little heartbreaking. I am disappointed, but that’s sport.”
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Also, a pair of past Canadian medallists booked their spots in medal races.
Canada’s Moh Ahmed, the 32-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., will race in Sunday’s 5,000 final after he placed third in his heat at 13:33.16.
Ahmed, who placed sixth in the 10,000 earlier in Budapest, is aiming to add to his 5,000 medal collection which included silver from the Tokyo Olympics and bronze from the 2019 worlds.
Ontario’s Mohammed Ahmed advances to 5,000 metre final at worlds
Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., ran to a time of 13:33.16 in the second heat of the 5,000 metre race, good enough to advance to the final at the World Athletics Championships.
Reigning Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei did not start the race. The Ugandan won 10,000 gold earlier at the meet.
Guatemala’s Luis Grijalva was the fastest qualifier at 13:32.72.
Ben Flanagan, of Kitchener, Ont., was eliminated after placing 11th in the first heat at 13:38.69.
In the men’s 800, Edmonton’s Marco Arop cruised into Saturday’s final after winning his heat at 1:44.02.
Edmonton’s Marco Arop advances to 800 metre final at worlds
Marco Arop convincingly won his 800 metre semifinal race at the World Athletics Championships on day six in Budapest.
Arop, 24, won bronze at 2022 worlds after making his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. He entered Budapest the top-ranked 800 runner in the world.
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who was fastest in heats, once again set the pace in semis at 1:43.83.
Marco Arop reacts to 800 metre semifinal win at worlds
CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo speaks with Marco Arop after 800 metre semifinal victory at World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Surprise in women’s 100 hurdles
Jamaica’s Danielle Williams raced to her second world title in the women’s 100 hurdles.
The 30-year-old, who won world gold in 2015 and bronze in 2019, edged Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico to win in 12.43 seconds.
“I think she was under the radar so much that nobody else really was focused on her,” Felicien said. “And so she was able to come in, execute her race.”
Camacho-Quinn had to settle for silver in 12.44.
Less than a tenth of a second separated the top four hurdlers with American Kendra Harrison taking bronze in 12.46, keeping Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas (12.52) off the podium.
World Athletics Championships Budapest: Day 6 afternoon session
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins will bring in another quarterback while starter Tua Tagovailoa deals with his latest concussion, coach Mike McDaniel said Friday.
For now, Skylar Thompson will be considered the Dolphins’ starter while Tagovailoa is sidelined. Tagovailoa left Thursday night’s 31-10 loss to Buffalo in the third quarter with the third known concussion of his NFL career, all of them coming in the last 24 months.
“The team and the organization are very confident in Skylar,” McDaniel said.
McDaniel said the team has not made any decision about whether to place Tagovailoa on injured reserve. Tagovailoa was expected at the team facility on Friday to start the process of being evaluated in earnest.
“We just have to operate in the unknown and be prepared for every situation,” McDaniel said, noting that the only opinions that will matter to the team will be the ones from Tagovailoa and the medical staff.
McDaniel added that he doesn’t see Tagovailoa playing in Miami’s next game at Seattle on Sept. 22.
“I have no idea and I’m not going to all of a sudden start making decisions that I don’t even see myself involved in the most important parts of,” McDaniel added. “All I’m telling Tua is everyone is counting on you to be a dad and be a dad this weekend. And then we’ll move from there. There won’t be any talk about where we’re going in that regard … none of that will happen without doctors’ expertise and the actual player.”
Tagovailoa was 17 for 25 passing for 145 yards, with one touchdown and three interceptions — one of which was returned for a Buffalo score — when he got hurt. Thompson completed eight of 14 passes for 80 yards.
Thompson said he feels “fully equipped” to run the Dolphins’ offense.
“What’s going to lie ahead, who knows, but man, I’m confident, though,” Thompson said after Thursday’s game. “I feel like I’m ready for whatever’s to come. I’m going to prepare and work hard and do everything I can to lead this team and do my job.”
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained a concussion for the third time in his NFL career, leaving his team’s game Thursday night against Buffalo after running into defensive back Damar Hamlin and hitting the back of his head against the turf.
Tagovailoa remained down for about two minutes before getting to his feet and walking to the sideline after the play in the third quarter. He made his way to the tunnel not long afterward, looking into the stands before smiling and departing toward the locker room.
The Dolphins needed almost no time before announcing it was a concussion. The team said he had two during the 2022 season, and Tagovailoa was diagnosed with another concussion when he was a college player at Alabama.
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Tagovailoa would get “proper procedural evaluation” and “appropriate care” on Friday.
“The furthest thing from my mind is, ‘What is the timeline?’ We just need to evaluate and just worry about my teammate, like the rest of the guys are,” McDaniel said. “We’ll get more information tomorrow and take it day by day from here.”
Some players saw Tagovailoa in the locker room after the game and said they were encouraged. Tagovailoa spoke with some players and then went home after the game, McDaniel said.
“I have a lot of love for Tua, built a great relationship with him,” said quarterback Skylar Thompson, who replaced Tagovailoa after the injury. “You care about the person more than the player and everybody in the organization would say the same thing. Just really praying for Tua and hopefully everything will come out all right.”
Tagovailoa signed a four-year, $212 million extension before this season — a deal that makes him one of the highest-paid players in the NFL — and was the NFL’s leading passer in Week 1 this season. Tagovailoa left with the Dolphins trailing 31-10, and that was the final score.
“If you know Tua outside of football, you can’t help but feel for him,” Bills quarterback Josh Allen said on Amazon following the game. “He’s a great football player but he’s an even greater human being. He’s one of the best humans on the planet. I’ve got a lot of love for him and I’m just praying for him and his family, hoping everything’s OK. But it’s tough, man. This game of football that we play, it’s got its highs and it’s got its lows — and this is one of the lows.”
Tagovailoa’s college years and first three NFL seasons were marred by injury, though he positioned himself for a big pay bump with an injury-free and productive 2023 as he led the Dolphins into the playoffs. He threw for 29 touchdowns and a league-best 4,624 yards last year.
When, or if, he can come back this season is anyone’s guess. Tagovailoa said in April 2023 that the concussions he had in the 2022 season left him contemplating his playing future. “I think I considered it for a time,” he said then, when asked if he considered stepping away from the game to protect himself.
McDaniel said it’s not his place to say if Tagovailoa should return to football. “He’ll be evaluated and we’ll have conversations and progress as appropriate,” McDaniel said.
Tagovailoa was hurt Thursday on a fourth-down keeper with about 4:30 left in the third. He went straight ahead into Hamlin and did not slide, leading with his right shoulder instead.
Hamlin was the player who suffered a cardiac arrest after making a tackle during a Monday night game in January 2023 at Cincinnati, causing the NFL to suspend a pivotal game that quickly lost significance in the aftermath of a scary scene that unfolded in front of a national television audience.
Tagovailoa wound up on his back, both his hands in the air and Bills players immediately pointed at him as if to suggest there was an injury. Dolphins center Aaron Brewer quickly did the same, waving to the sideline.
Tagovailoa appeared to be making a fist with his right hand as he lay on the ground. It was movement consistent with something that is referred to as the “fencing response,” which can be common after a traumatic brain injury.
Tagovailoa eventually got to his feet. McDaniel grabbed the side of his quarterback’s head and gave him a kiss on the cheek as Tagovailoa departed. Thompson came into the game to take Tagovailoa’s spot.
“I love Tua on and off the football field,” Bills edge Von Miller said. “I’m a huge fan of him. I can empathize and sympathize with him because I’ve been there. I wish him the best.”
Tagovailoa’s history with concussions — and how he has since worked to avoid them — is a huge part of the story of his career, and now comes to the forefront once again.
He had at least two concussions during the 2022 season. He was hurt in a Week 3 game against Buffalo and cleared concussion protocol, though he appeared disoriented on that play but returned to the game.
The NFL later changed its concussion protocol to mandate that if a player shows possible concussion symptoms — including a lack of balance or stability — he must sit out the rest of the game.
Less than a week later, in a Thursday night game at Cincinnati, Tagovailoa was concussed on a scary hit that briefly knocked him unconscious and led to him being taken off the field on a stretcher.
His second known concussion of that season came in a December game against Green Bay, and he didn’t play for the rest of the 2022 season. After that, Tagovailoa began studying ways where he may be able to fall more safely and protect himself against further injury — including studying jiu-jitsu.
“I’m not worried about anything that’s out of my hands,” McDaniel said. “I’m just worried about the human being.”
TORSBY, Sweden (AP) — David Beckham and former England coach Roy Hodgson were among the soccer dignitaries who attended the funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson on Friday in the Swedish manager’s small hometown of Torsby.
Eriksson’s wooden coffin was covered in white flowers and surrounded by six tall candles and other floral wreaths as the ceremony began inside the 600-seat Fryksande church.
“It is a day of grief but also a day of thankfulness,” the priest, Ingela Älvskog, told those in attendance.
Beckham, who arrived by private jet on Thursday, greeted Eriksson’s 95-year-old father Sven and other family members with hugs inside the church before the funeral started.
Eriksson became England’s first foreign-born coach when he led the national team from 2001-06, and made Beckham his captain.
Eriksson, who also won trophies at club level in Italy, Portugal and Sweden, died on Aug. 26 at the age of 76, eight months after he revealed he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had at most one year to live.
Some 200 seats in the neo-Gothic church from 1898 were reserved for his family, friends and players from his career in the football world, according to his agent. The remaining seats were open for the public, according to Eriksson’s wish, with a big screen set up outside the church where hundreds more gathered to watch the ceremony. The funeral was also broadcast live on some Swedish media websites.
The wooden coffin was wheeled in by pallbearers at the church Friday morning as fog wrapped Torsby — a town of about 4,000 people located about 310 kilometers (193 miles) west of Stockholm. Next to the casket was a photo of Eriksson on a small table. The floral wreaths included ones sent by FIFA and Lazio, the Italian team that Eriksson led to the Serie A title in 2000.
The ceremony began with somber piano and organ music, but later took on a more upbeat note with Swedish singer Charlotta Birgersson performing Elton John’s song “Candle In The Wind” and then “My Way” in a duet with Johan Birgersson, who later intoned the popular Italian song “Volare” after the family had gathered around the casket to lay flowers.
Beckham also visited Eriksson in Sweden in June to say goodbye. Others attending the funeral included the Swedish coach’s longtime partner Nancy Dell’Olio. Eriksson’s agent had said that guests from England, Italy and Spain were expected.
After the funeral, the casket was carried out of the church by eight men to the hearse. The guests then walked in a procession accompanying the coffin to a nearby museum where speeches and eulogies to the coach fondly known as “Svennis” were planned on an outdoor stage. A brass band played during the procession through Torsby, including the tune “You never walk alone” from the musical “Carousel” which has become the anthem of Liverpool, the club Eriksson supported since childhood.
The local soccer club Torsby IF, where Eriksson started his career in the 1960s, wrote on its webpage that “you also showed your greatness by always being yourself, the caring Svennis who talked to everyone and took the time, for big and small, asking how things were and how the football was going. We will miss you.”
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