After bowing out of the Olympic girls’s shot put ultimate a month in the past in Paris, Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., discovered redemption on Friday night on the Diamond League Ultimate in Brussels. Mitton had the one throw over 20 metres within the 3rd spherical of the contest, successful her first Diamond League name and securing an automated qualification spot for the 2025 International Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
Sarah Mitton is the 2024 Diamond League winner within the girls’s Shot Put! 💎🇧🇪#AllianzMemorialvanDamme #GetReadyForTheBest #WandaDiamondLeague #BrusselsDL percent.twitter.com/PS71ewzRpV
— Allianz Memorial Van Damme (@MVDbrussels) September 13, 2024
Mitton’s absolute best throw of 20.25 metres made historical past in Brussels as she become the primary Canadian lady to win a Diamond League name in a box tournament. She joins London 2012 bronze medallist Dylan Armstrong as the one Canadian throwers to win a Diamond League name within the shot put tournament.
The remaining Canadian lady to win a Diamond League name was once 100m hurdler Priscilla Lopes-Schliep within the inaugural Diamond League season in 2010.
The 28-year-old entered remaining month’s Olympic Video games ranked 2nd on the earth. Because the reigning indoor international champion and outside international championship silver medallist, she was once closely favoured to finally end up at the podium. It wasn’t supposed to be, as she slipped out of the throwing circle on her 3 makes an attempt, sooner or later fouling out.
SARAH MITTON GETS IT DONE 🇨🇦
The Canadian fouls in her fantastic ultimate try, however her previous throw of 20.25m clinched the Diamond League name 🏆 percent.twitter.com/DL4A5lf0iL
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) September 13, 2024
This outcome within the Diamond League Ultimate in opposition to the highest throwers on the earth is redeeming for Mitton and a favorable strategy to finish her 2024 season heading into subsequent 12 months. Her non-public absolute best of 20.86m, set previous this 12 months, stands because the Canadian report.