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Canada's Sarah Mitton wins bronze at Diamond League stop in Monaco

Winnipeg Free Press

11-07-2025

Sport
Winnipeg Free Press

Canada's Sarah Mitton wins bronze at Diamond League stop in Monaco

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. 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.

Grand Slam Track changes schedule for Philadelphia event

Yahoo

16-05-2025

Sport
Yahoo

Grand Slam Track changes schedule for Philadelphia event

Changes are coming to the Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia. Founder and commissioner Michael Johnson announced on Thursday that the original three-day schedule for the professional track league event will be condensed to two days of competition. The Philadelphia Slam will now begin on Saturday, May 31 and wrap up on Sunday, June 1 at Franklin Field. "Coming off an amazing sold-out Miami Slam, we've taken time to celebrate the successes we've achieved in our inaugural season, but also have looked for ways to improve Grand Slam Track in real time," Johnson said in a release. "We've said all along we want to listen to our fans, athletes, and coaches, and having heard feedback from various key stakeholders, we've made the decision to condense our schedule in Philadelphia into two, high-octane, and intense days of combat racing. We want to be the most flexible, adaptive, and fan-first league in sports, and we believe making these changes will improve the Grand Slam Track experience for all." The move to a two-day event results in a significant change to the long distance category. The three-day competition window had allowed for a day of rest for the athletes between their 3,000-metre and 5,000m events, but now they will compete in a single 3,000m race in Philadelphia. That change also comes with an altered prize pool for long distance athletes, with winners taking home $50,000 US instead of the $100,000 previously up for grabs. WATCH | Track's new pro league, the Grand Slam of Track, explained: The final stop of the Grand Slam Track season is in Los Angeles from June 27-29. All Grand Slam Track events will be streamed live on and on CBC Gem. For a full broadcast schedule of athletics events this season, .