Canada's Greg Stewart wins shot put gold at Para athletics worlds

Greg Stewart of Kamloops, B.C., captured a gold medal at the world Para athletics championships in the shot put event on Friday in New Delhi. 

The Canadian won with a throw of 16.68 metres to secure the top of the podium.

This was Stewart's first-ever world title. However, the 39-year-old is a two-time Paralympic gold medallists in this event.

After his Paralympic Games victory in Tokyo, Stewart announced his retirement from competitive sport in 2022, only to return over a year later after he admitted to felling a discomfort from being disconnected from the sport he loved and returned to the playing field.

"To come and compete at this level after the postponement was a big one for me, to show that you're as good as you want to be, if you want to be it. I've finished second at two world championships now. This is my first one in gold. I've been wanting this one for a long time," Stewart said.

After rain washed out several events yesterday and pushed them onto the Friday schedule, Stewart had to reset to throw for gold.

"I was kind of upset about the whole thing, because you get so psyched up. We're training all year for last night, and then it's ripped out from underneath us and we can't do anything about it. Then we have to try to regroup and everything like that," Stewart said. "One of the things that Team Canada's focus has been over the last year is resiliency, and I think it showed today."

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Canada's Stewart claims World Para Athletics Championships shot put gold

On the women's side, Julia Hanes earned her first world medal, launching a massive throw of 7.51 metres in the F33 shot put final to claim the bronze medal.

"One of the things that I take pride in is being able to be calm in a