Sarah Mitton regained her winning form in the shot put circle and teammate Andre De Grasse looked healthy on the track after nearly a three-month absence as the Canadians delivered solid performances ahead of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday in China.

Mitton had a best throw of 19.81 metres to defeat Sweden's Fanny Roos (19.35) and China's Zhang Linru (19.05) at a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold track and field meet in Beijing.

The 29-year-old Canadian rebounded from being stripped of her Diamond League Trophy on Aug. 27 f ollowing a successful protest of her winning throw in Zürich.

Her second attempt in Switzerland measured 20.67 but, following a review by judges, Mitton was ruled to have stepped out of the throwing circle before the shot hit the ground, thereby mak

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