Sarah Mitton, of Canada, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s shot put final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Sarah Mitton, of Canada, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s shot put final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
MONACO - Canada’s Sarah Mitton placed third in the women’s shot put at the Diamond League meet in Monaco on Friday with a throw of 20.00 metres.
Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands won with 20.39, and American Chase Jackson was second with 20.06.
Mitton, the two-time reigning world indoor champion from Brooklyn, N.S., was coming off a silver-medal performance at last week’s Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., where she threw a season-best 20.39.
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Edmonton’s Marco Arop, the reigning world champion in the men’s 800 metres, finished fifth despite a season-best time of one minute 42.73 seconds. He entered the event on a roll after winning all three 800-metre races in the inaugural Grand Slam of Track.
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi won in a world-leading and meet-record time of 1:41.44, followed by American Josh Hoey (1:42.01) and Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati (1.42.20).
The next Diamond League meet is set for July 19 in London.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 11, 2025.
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