Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton wins gold at world indoor championships

Sarah Mitton, wearing the red Team Canada jersey, was among the inaugural inductees to the Olympic Wall at Queens Place Emera Centre. Photo Ed Halverson

UPDATED 8:55 a.m. FRIDAY

Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton won gold Friday morning in the shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow with a season’s best throw of 20.22 metres.

She broke her own Canadian record with the throw.

German athlete Yemeni Ogunleye captured silver with a personal best throw of 20.19 metres. American Chase Jackson won bronze with a throw of 19.67 metres.

Mitton is ranked No. 2 in the world in the shot put. She won Canada’s first ever world medal in women’s shot put with her silver at the Budapest games in 2023. She is also a Commonwealth Games champion and Pan American Games champion.

Mitton is the co-captain of Team Canada at the world indoor championships.

She set a new Canadian indoor record last week in the Czech Republic with a throw of 20.08 metres. Her personal best is 20.33 metres.

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