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23 minutes ago
- CBC
Katzberg captures 5th straight hammer throw win of season, topping 80 metres in Norway
Social Sharing Ethan Katzberg wasn't a model of consistency Wednesday, but he only needed one throw to win his fifth consecutive men's hammer throw competition to start the 2025 season. The reigning world and Olympic champion from Nanaimo, B.C., was the lone athlete in the field of seven to surpass 80 metres, throwing 80.19 in his third of six attempts at the Bislett Games Diamond League track and field meet in Oslo, Norway. Katzberg, 23, came close to the 81.92 meet record by 36-year-old Wojciech Nowicki of Poland who was seventh (72.65) on a mostly sunny Wednesday at Bislett Stadium, where the temperature reached 17 C. "I think I had a good result, maybe could have [had] a little more," said Katzberg. "I have been over here in Europe for a while now, so this is my last competition here and I am returning home." Katzberg, who was third in Oslo two years ago, arrived at the stadium Wednesday fresh off an 80.15 performance at the June 3 Trond Mohn Games in Norway. On May 31, the world's top-ranked men's hammer thrower was victorious at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya, delivering a season-best and world-leading 82.73. Canada's Katzberg captures World Athletics Continental Tour hammer throw victory 11 days ago Duration 0:46 Ukraine's Mykhalo Kokhan made is a close competition Wednesday with a 79.95 final throw for second, after the Canadian's 79.74 effort. "I managed to throw almost 80 metres, but still, I was missing that five centimetres and it is only 79, so I cannot be super satisfied with my result," Kokhan said after his fifth event of the season. "I had to start the sixth attempt faster and it was a right decision. 'All-or-nothing day' Hometown favourite Thomas Mardal fouled four times but began his day with a personal-best throw of 78.25 to place third. "Today was an all-or-nothing kind of day," he said. "I have been consistently throwing over 77 metres this season, so I have been looking for 78 and I love throwing at Bislett [Stadium]. "It was special for me as I had my dad and wife here. At the end of the month I hope to represent Norway at the European Team Champs and after that it is all eyes on Tokyo [and the Sept. 13-21 worlds]." Hammer throw is not contested regularly on the Diamond League professional circuit, so athletes do not accumulate points toward qualifying for the Diamond League Final in late August. Katzberg admitted to feeling "a little drained" but still worked hard for a good result. "Technically, it could have been a little more today," he said, "but it is what it is and I am going home to prepare for the rest of the season." Katzberg opened Wednesday at 76.17 and then fouled before eclipsing 80 metres. He threw 77.33 on his fourth attempt and hasn't thrown 76- and 77-low since early in the 2023 campaign. Katzberg also fouled on his fifth try. Last August in Paris, Katzberg became Canada's first Olympic hammer throw champion and earned the country's first medal in the event since 1912. At 22, he was the youngest-ever Summer Games hammer gold medallist. His winning throw of 84.12 was 26 cm short of the national and area (North and Central America and Caribbean) mark of 84.38 he hit in April 2024 at a meet in Nairobi. A year earlier, Katzberg was the first Canadian to win a world title in hammer throw, a few days ahead of teammate Camryn Rogers's victory in the women's event in Budapest, Hungary. Next for Katzberg is the July 5 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.
Edmonton Journal
39 minutes ago
- Edmonton Journal
'McDavid ain't doin' anything right now': Iconic U.S. sports host rips Oilers superstar
Article content Fellow commentator P.K. Subban played down McDavid's poor play in the game, noting that it's easy to point the fingers at the superstars like McDavid and Leon Draisaitl but the entire Oilers team was dominated from top to bottom. Smith was having none of that. 'Let me tell you why I have a problem with what you're saying,' he said to Subban. ' Connor McDavid, 13 shots, no goals. Zero? Nothing in the Stanley Cup? And oh, by the way, this is the three time league M.V.P. No champion. He may be the greatest who has never won. These are the kinds of things you were talking about him from last year. So here we are again. Same opponent, same situation, same problem. When do you get to hold a superstar accountable tha not under these conditions?' Smith also blasted the Oilers rough stuff at the end of the game as them being 'sore losers because you're getting your ass kicked… They were seem worse than they were last year.'
National Post
an hour ago
- National Post
Canadian bantamweight boxer Amanda Galle signs with MVP, looks to add titles
Canadian boxer Amanda (Bambola) Galle already holds the IBO bantamweight title. Now the 36-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., wants to add to her collection. Article content Galle (11-0-1) will get a bigger platform to do so, having signed with Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) co-founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian. Article content 'I know it's going to put me on big cards with tremendous viewership … Just a bigger stage, a bigger audience,' Galle said of what she expects from the new partnership. 'Family members having the ability to tune in from their couch and watch me on TV.' Article content After signing with MVP, Canadian lightweight (Prince) Lucas Bahdi found himself on the undercard of Paul's November 2024 bout with Mike Tyson before a crowd of 72,300 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where Bahdi won a majority decision over Italian Armando (La Furia del Quadraro) Casamonica. Article content Shown on Netflix, the main event maxed out at 65 million concurrent streams. Article content In addition to fighting before a bigger audience, Galle is looking to 'take my career to the next level and go collect all the goods that I'm working so hard for.' Article content That would be the big four WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles. Article content 'I want all the (championship) belts,' said Galle. The undisputed bantamweight (118-pound) title is on the line July 11 on MVP's all-women boxing card at Madison Square Garden, headlined by the trilogy fight between Ireland's Katie Taylor and Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano for the undisputed super-lightweight title. Article content The card sees American Shurretta Metcalf take on New Zealand-born Australian Cherneka Johnson with the bantamweight titles on the line. Article content Article content Galle won the vacant IBO title by in December 2023 defeating Venezuela's Niorkis Carreno and won a rematch last time out in December. She has won five straight since a draw with Mexico's Jaqueline Mucio Munoz in July 2022 and says she is ready to go again. Article content 'I've been in the gym the last six months … feeling very strong, healthy and in shape,' she said. Article content So ready that she told MVP that she is ready to step in, if needed, on the July 11 card. Article content Denmark's Dina Thorslund was originally slated to face Metcalf in New York but has stepped away from fighting to have a baby. Article content The MSG show also features Canadian Tamm Thibeault, a former Olympian and world amateur middleweight champion from Shawinigan, Que., who takes on American Mary Casamassa. Montreal's Jessica Camara takes on England's Chantelle Cameron on the card for the WBC interim super-lightweight title. Article content Galle was handled previously by DiBella Entertainment and Toronto-based Lee Baxter Promotions.
