World Champs Women’s Hammer — Rogers Repeats, Reaches No. 2 AT

Smiling Canadians after Camryn Rogers earned her second WC gold included fellow HT champion Ethan Katzberg (upper right) and coach Mo Saatara (lower right). (CLAUS ANDERSEN)

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY in Ms. Rogers’ neighborhood as Canada’s defending champion retained her title and moved up to No. 2 on the all-time list with her winning effort of 264-1 (80.51).

Camryn Rogers, a 3-time NCAA winner while a Cal Golden Bear as well as the ’24 OG gold medalist, made it clear she was in great form even before the final got underway. She headed the qualifiers with 254-4 (77.52) on her only throw, the best-ever mark in a WC prelim.

With the very first throw of the final itself, she opened with 256-2 (78.09), a distance which would have won all but two previous titles, and then extended her lead with 264-1 (80.51) in the second stanza.

Barring something sensational, it was game over.

Former champions and 80m-plus throwers Anita Włodarczyk and DeAnna Price were in the field but it is fair to say they were not in the form of yesteryear.

Rogers didn’t improve after the second round but dropped her 4kg implement at 256-9 (78.27) and 259-6 (79.11) with her third and sixth attempts. Both efforts would have also been good enough for gold.

“Everything came together when it mattered the most,” said Rogers. “This is truly a very hard thing to accomplish. To win a world championship once is very hard and to defend it is even harder. We kind of planned for the long throws but to set that intensity level, to be consistent throughout the competition, that is testament to all the training and work we have done.”

Behind Rogers, the battles for silver and bronze turned into an all-Chinese affair.

Jie Zhao opened with 251-1 (76.54) and then PRed in the fourth round with 251-5 (76.65) only for her teenage compatriot Jaile Zhang, the World U20 Recordholder, to overtake her with 252-11 (77.10) on her last throw. However, Zhao immediately responded with 254-7 (77.60) to regain 2nd on the podium.

Price, the ’19 champion who lost her North American Record to Rogers, had to settle for 5th on this occasion with a best of 246-5 (75.10). That put Price one place ahead of Włodarczyk, who at the age of 40 became the oldest-ever woman Worlds HT finalist. The Polish icon, who is now the only thrower ahead of Rogers on the all-time list, threw a world Masters’ best of 244-10 (74.64).

Eugene bronze and Budapest silver medalist Janee’ Kassanavoid placed 10th with a modest 230-9 (70.35) but there was another disaster in qualifying for ’22 WC winner Brooke Andersen. Just as happened at the ’23 Pan-Am Games and ’24 Olympic Trials, Andersen failed to get a legal mark.

Fourth American Rachel Richeson, the surprise thrower at No. 3 on the ’25 world list, also didn’t progress as she could only manage 219-8 (66.95) with her one valid throw in the prelims of her first major international competition.

WOMEN’S HAMMER RESULTS

FINAL (September 14)

1. Camryn Rogers (Can) 264-1 (80.51) NR (WL) (2, x W)

(256-2, 264-1, 256-9, f, 242-5, 259-6) (78.09, 80.51, 78.27, f, 73.90, 79.11);

2. Jie Zhao (Chn) 254-7 (77.60) PR (251-1, 246-9, 250-5, 251-5, 248-1, 254-7) (76.54, 75.21, 76.34, 76.65, 75.63, 77.60);

3. Jiale Zhang (Chn) 252-11 (77.10) (x, 2 WJ)

(250-1 [x, 3 WJ], 223-2, f, 244-7 [x, 5 WJ], f, 252-11) (76.22, 68.02, f, 74.54, f, 77.10);

4. Silja Kosonen (Fin) 247-0 (75.28)

(244-11, 245-10, 243-4, 247-0, 242-1, f) (74.66, 74.94, 74.16, 75.28, 73.79, f);

5. DeAnna Price (US) 246-5 (75.10)

(244-3, 237-9, f, 240-7, 246-5, 234-2) (74.45, 72.47, f, 73.32, 75.10, 71.37);

6. Anita Włodarczyk (Pol) 244-10 (74.64)

(237-3, 240-11, 238-10, f, 244-10, 240-10) (72.32, 73.44, 72.81, f, 74.64, 73.42);

7. Sara Fantini (Ita) 239-8 (73.06)

(235-3, 239-8, f, f, 236-9) (71.70, 73.06, f, f, 72.16);

8. Katrine Koch Jacobsen (Den) 234-10 (71.59)

(f, f, 234-10, 227-0, 227-9) (f, f, 71.59, 69.21, 69.42);

9. Aileen Kuhn (Ger) 234-9 (71.57)

(227-4, 228-6, 234-9, 231-4) (69.30, 69.64, 71.57, 70.53);

10. Janee’ Kassanavoid (US) 230-9 (70.35)

(f, 116-3, 230-9, 230-0) (f, 35.43, 70.35, 70.10);

11. Nicola Tuthill (Ire) 228-0 (69.49)

(228-0, 224-10, 227-5) (69.49, 68.52, 69.33);

… 3f—Krista Tervo (Fin).

(best-ever mark-for-place: 3, 6)

* = progression of the leading throw; ¶ = athlete’s best of the day

first 3 rounds

Rogers
78.09*
80.51*¶
78.27

Kosonen
74.66
74.94
74.16

Włodarczyk
72.32
73.44
72.81

Price
74.45
72.47
f

Zhang
76.22
68.02
f

Kassanavoid
f
35.43
70.35¶

Fantini
71.70
73.06¶
f

Jacobsen
f
f
71.59¶

Tervo
f
f
f

Kuhn
69.30
69.64
71.57¶

Tuthill
69.49¶
68.52
69.33

Zhao
76.54
75.21
76.34

round 4

Kassanavoid
70.10

Kuhn
70.53

Jacobsen
69.21

Fantini
f

Włodarczyk
f

Price
73.32

Kosonen
75.28¶

Zhang
74.54

Zhao
76.65

Rogers
f

round 5

Jacobsen
69.42

Fantini
72.16

Włodarczyk
74.64¶

Price
75.10¶

Kosonen
73.79

Zhang
f

Zhao
75.63

Rogers
73.90

last round

Włodarczyk
73.42

Price
71.37

Kosonen
f

Zhang
77.10¶

Zhao
77.60¶

Rogers
79.11

QUALIFYING (September 13; auto-qualifier 242-9/74.00)

Qualifiers: Rogers 254-4 (77.52), Kosonen 248-11 (75.88), Price 246-0 (74.99), Zhao 243-7 (74.24), Tervo 241-10 (73.73), Włodarczyk 241-9 (73.69), Zhang 236-3 (72.02), Jacobsen 236-3 (72.00), Kassanavoid 236-0 (71.95), Fantini 233-2 (71.06), Kuhn 232-5 (70.85), Tuthill 231-11 (70.70);

Non-Qualifiers: Rose Loga (Fra) 231-1 (70.44), Rebecka Hallerth (Swe) 231-1 (70.43), Beatrice Llano (Nor) 230-0 (70.10), Stamatía Skarvélis (Gre) 229-10 (70.05), Bianca Ghelber (Rom) 228-4 (69.61), Anna Purchase (GB) 227-6 (69.35), Lauren Bruce (NZ) 227-0 (69.19), Samantha Borutta (Ger) 226-3 (68.96), Sade Olatoye (Ngr) 225-9 (68.82), Lara Roberts (Aus) 224-11 (68.55), Stephanie Ratcliffe (Aus) 224-6 (68.42), Ewa Różańska (Pol) 224-2 (68.34), Nayoka Clunis (Jam) 223-11 (68.24), Jillian Weir (Can) 223-0 (67.98), Zsanett Németh (Hun) 219-8 (66.97), Rachel Richeson (US) 219-8 (66.95), Katarzyna Furmanek (Pol) 218-10 (66.70), Iryna Klymets (Ukr) 218-5 (66.58), Suvi Niiranen (Fin) 217-9 (66.37), Valentina Savva (Cyp) 217-2 (66.20), Zahra Tatar (Alg) 216-1 (65.86), Yipsi Moreno (Alb) 214-6 (65.38), Guðrún Karítas Hallgrímsdóttir (Ice) 213-1 (64.94); … 3f—Brooke Andersen (US).

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