Live from Brooklyn, N.S., we caught up with Diamond League shot put champion Sarah Mitton to talk about her rollercoaster season. From Olympic disappointment, to her first Diamond League title, to the warm welcome she received in her hometown. CBC | Sports News
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Canadians Arop, Newman earn 3rd-place finishes at Diamond League Final
Canadians Marco Arop and Alysha Newman both earned bronze medals in their respective events Saturday at the Diamond League Final event in Brussels. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian middle-distance runner Marco Arop and Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman will try to become first-time Diamond League Trophy winners on Saturday at the 48th Allianz Memorial Van Damme meet. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Shot putter Sarah Mitton wins her 1st Diamond League Trophy weeks after Olympic heartbreak
Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., threw 20.25 metres on Friday to win her first Diamond League Trophy, beating two-time defending shot put champion Chase Jackson of the United States to open the two-day season-ending track and field meet in Brussels. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Mitton not seeking redemption in Diamond League Final after fouling out of Olympic shot put
Rejuvenated from a three-week break after fouling out of the Olympic women’s shot put final, Sarah Mitton will try to become a first-time Diamond League Trophy winner on Friday in Brussels. Fellow Canadians Marco Arop and Alysha Newman will compete in separate events Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Moh Ahmed looks to get past disappointing Olympics in last push to Diamond League Final
Fresh off a Canadian record over 3,000 metres, distance runner Moh Ahmed returns to the 5,000 event for Friday’s Golden Gala event in Rome, where another strong performance could help him clinch a spot in the 10-man race at the Diamond League Final next month. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Jakob Ingebrigtsen smashes men’s 3,000m world record at Diamond League Silesia
Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen etched his name in the record books on Sunday at a Diamond League meet in Silesia, Poland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Huge 2,500-carat diamond discovered – biggest for more than 100 years
The as-yet-unnamed diamond was presented to the world at the office of Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. It weighs approximately half a kilogram and Masisi was one of the first to get to hold it. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Queen Elizabeth’s favourite £50m diamond brooch she loved so much she gave it a nickname
The late queen might have given it a cutesy name, but the diamonds on the brooch are some of the most valuable in the world. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Noah Lyles runs 100m in personal-best time at Diamond League London
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