Sarah Mitton shattered the Canadian record in the women's shot put at the Golden Horseshoe Prep Meet on Saturday in Hamilton.

The 25-year-old from Brooklyn, N.S., threw 19.58 metres with her sixth and final throw, topping Brittany Crew's Canadian record of 19.28 set in 2019.

Mitton's mark is the second farthest in the world this season.

She had thrown an outdoor personal-best 19.12 on her fifth throw Saturday before unleashing her national-record throw.

Mitton, who claimed the Canadian indoor record at a meet in New York in February, won gold in the 2019 Summer Universiade, and made her Olympic debut in 2021, finishing 28th.

Sarah Mitton throws 19.16 metres to set Canadian indoor shot put record

Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., threw 19.16 metres in New York on Saturday to set an indoor Canadian record in women's shot put. Her training partner, Brittany Crew, held the previous mark of 18.81.

Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S.. set a new Canadian indoor shot put record with a throw of 19.16 metres on Saturday at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge in New York.

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Shot putter Sarah Mitton sees gains in mental game, weight room during pandemic

Fresh off a personal-best throw, Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton stayed active when the coronavirus pandemic hit a year ago. She worked diligently in the weight room and with a sports psychologist, and is getting the desired results early in an Olympic year.

After setting a personal-best throw of 18.84 in February 2020, Canada’s Sarah Mitton believed working on her mental performance was the next step to achieving greater results. "Going into the [Tokyo] Olympics I'll be a lot stronger and more mentally ready," she says.

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With the temperature hovering around 30 C in Tokyo, Mitton was 14th of 16 athletes in her group with a best throw of 16.62, the&nbsp;shortest since her season finale in August 2018 (15.53) in Chorzow, Poland.

It also marked only the third time in 19&nbsp;outdoor competitions in 2021&nbsp;the consistent Mitton threw under 18 metres.

Canada's Sarah Mitton, pictured at the 2019 world championships, broke Brittany Crew's national women's shot put record at the Golden Horseshoe Prep Meet on Saturday in Hamilton.

Sarah Mitton shatters Canadian record in women's shot put

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