Olympic newsletter: More hammer history, and who to watch Wednesday

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After going 112 years without an Olympic hammer throw medal, Canada suddenly rules the sport. Camryn Rogers won the women's event today in Paris, two days after Ethan Katzberg became the country's first-ever Olympic hammer throw champion with his dominant victory in the men's event.

Rogers tossed her four-kilogram implement 76.97 metres with her fifth of six attempts to knock off American Annette Echikunwoke (75.48) for the gold. The 25-year-old Canadian is now the Olympic and world champ after she and Katzberg captured Canada's first hammer throw world titles last summer.

The hammer double brings Canada to six gold medals in Paris — one away from tying the national record for a non-boycotted Summer Games.

Unfortunately, one of Canada's top medal contenders got flattened as the men's basketball team fell 82-73 to France in the quarterfinals.

WATCH | France knocks Canada out of men's basketball quarters:

Feeding off the partisan Parisian crowd, the host team raced out to a big lead that grew to 19 points as 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanya and company stifled the smaller Canadians. The NBA rookie of the year grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and snagged three steals with his octopus-like arms, while Euro-leaguers Guerschon Yabusele and Isaia Cordinier combined for 42 points.

Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-best 27 points, but he didn't get enough help — especially from fellow NBA star Jamal Murray. After plodding through the group stage on a minutes restriction, Murray managed just seven points (off the bench again) on an atrocious 3-for-13 shooting and never got to