Camryn Rogers has been on quite the ride since her last appearance on the world stage in Tokyo.

At 26, the Richmond, B.C., athlete enters the world athletics championships as the top-ranked women’s hammer thrower, holding both world and Olympic crowns. She’s the only Canadian woman to ever medal in hammer at worlds and the first to win Olympic gold in athletics since 1928.

She returns to Tokyo, the scene of her first Olympics in 2021, where she placed fifth.

“I was very young,” Rogers said. “I was the youngest finalist up there competing, and there was so much that I still didn’t know.

“I just feel like I’ve grown up a lot. It’s only been four years, but I feel like I’ve grown up a lot in the four years since my first Olympics, since being here. And I’m just really looking forward to s

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