Canada’s Camryn Rogers and Ethan Katzberg emerged victorious in the women’s and men’s hammer throw competitions, respectively, at the recent Diamond League event in Chorzow, Poland. Rogers, hailing from Richmond, B.C., impressed the audience at the Silesian Stadium with a remarkable throw of 77.09 meters on her fourth attempt. She holds the titles of Olympic, world, and Commonwealth Games champion. DeAnna Price of the United States secured second place with a throw of 75.23 meters, followed by Italy’s Sara Fantini in third with 71.95 meters.
Continuing the Canadian dominance in hammer throw, Ethan Katzberg from Nanaimo, B.C., clinched the men’s event with a top throw of 82.92 meters. Katzberg boasts titles from the Olympic, world, and Commonwealth Games. The second position went to Germany’s Merlin Hummel with 81.25 meters, and Hungary’s Bence Halász secured third place with 79.44 meters.
In the men’s 100m final, Canada’s Andre De Grasse finished sixth in 9.96 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Silesia, Poland. Jamaica’s Oblique Seville claimed victory with a meeting-record time of 9.83 seconds, followed by Kenny Bednarek from the United States in second place with 9.87 seconds and Christian Coleman in third with 9.93 seconds.
The women’s 100m event saw American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden setting a season-best time of 10.78 seconds to secure first place. Julien Alfred from Saint Lucia finished second with a season-best time of 10.83 seconds, while Sha’Carri Richardson from the United States, the 2023 world champion and 2024 Olympic silver medalist, took third place in 10.96 seconds.
In a surprising turn of events, American Ethan Strand claimed victory in the men’s 1,500m with a season-best time of 3:30.77. Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech from Kenya finished second in 3:31.14, followed by Cole Hocker from the United States in third with 3:31.16. Notably, Norwegian star Jakob Ingebrigtsen finished fourth after his return from Achilles surgery, having won his fourth consecutive 5,000m title at the European Championships earlier.
The next Diamond League meeting is scheduled for August 27 in Zurich, Switzerland, before the season finale in Brussels. The global track and field season will culminate with the World Athletics Ultimate Championship from September 11-13 in Budapest. Katzberg has secured a spot in the Ultimate Championship as the reigning Olympic and world champion in men’s hammer throw, while Rogers will not compete due to the absence of women’s hammer throw in the championship program.
