4 of Canada’s monitor and discipline athletes earned medals on the Pan Am Video games in Santiago, Chile on Thursday, and two of them had been gold. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot and Rob Heppenstall each got here from behind within the closing 50 metres of the lads’s 1,500m in an exhilarating dash end, with Philibert-Thiboutot diving throughout the road for gold, simply forward of Heppenstall, who claimed silver. World championships silver medallist Sarah Mitton gained gold within the ladies’s shot put. And Julie-Anne Staehli claimed bronze within the 5,000m.
Canadian dominance on show 🇨🇦🥇🥈
CPT & Rob Heppenstall battle it out to the end line!
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The U.S.’s Casey Comber, who ended up ending third, was main because the runners got here across the closing bend; Philibert-Thiboutot was in fourth place and Heppenstall in fifth as each poured on spectacular kicks, Heppenstall shifting easily to the entrance whereas Philibert-Thiboutot needed to go extensive for clearance. Heppenstall appeared to have clinched the win when Philibert-Thiboutot dove throughout the road, and the 2 males waited to see who had gained. Philibert-Thiboutot’s profitable time was 3:39.74, two hundredths of a second forward of Heppenstall. Their pleasure was apparent as the 2 males embraced after the race.
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot earns Canada’s first monitor medal at Pan American Video games
It was Philibert-Thiboutot’s second medal of the Video games; he gained silver within the 5,000m on Tuesday, after Mexico’s Daniel Martinez was disqualified for blocking one other runner.
Shortly after the 1,500m, the ladies took to the monitor for the 5,000m closing, which was gained by Joselyn Brea of Venezuela in 16:04.12. Taylor Werner of Workforce USA took silver in 16:06.48, and Staehli, Canada’s 2022 cross nation champion, took bronze in 16:06.75, simply over 1 / 4 of a second behind Werner. Canada’s Briana Scott completed seventh.
A wonderful efficiency from Julie-Anne Staehli brings house 🥉 within the 5000m closing!
Staehli crossed the road with a time of 16:06.75 on the 2023 Santiago Pan Am Video games. Adopted by fellow Canadian Briana Scott, who secured a seventh place end in 16:27.79 👏
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Gold for Mitton
Mitton threw 19.19m on each her fifth and sixth makes an attempt to say the highest spot on the rostrum, greater than a metre farther than silver medallist Rosa Ramirez of the Dominican Republic.
Sarah Mitton strikes 🥇 in Santiago!
Mitton had her energy on full show along with her finest try of 19.19m within the Shot Put closing to high the rostrum 🥇💪
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Canada stands third amongst nations for total medals on the Video games; these had been Canada’s second, third and fourth medals in athletics. Athletics occasions proceed till Saturday night. For the total schedule and outcomes, click on right here.
