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By Marty Hastings

KATZBERG ON TOP

Kamloops hammer thrower Katzberg adds to hardware collection with gold in Norway

May 22, 2024 | 3:20 PM

BERGEN, NORWAY — Ethan Katzberg of the Kamloops Track and Field Club is dominating the world of hammer throw.

The reigning world champion and Olympic gold medal favourite won gold at the Trond Mohn Games on Wednesday (May 22) in Bergen, Norway, with a stadium-record throw of 81.98 metres.

Bence Halasz of Hungary launched the implement 75.81m to place second.

Katzberg won gold at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial this past weekend in Chorzów, Poland.

He threw 79.12m to finish nearly two metres ahead of second-place finisher Pawel Fajdek (77.23m) of Poland.

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Katzberg dismantled his own Canadian record and posted the ninth-longest heave in the history of men’s hammer throw last month at an event in Kenya, with a throw of 84.38m.

The 2024 Olympics are slated to run from July 26 to Aug. 11 in Paris.