Sarah Mitton reflects on her winning international tour

Brooklyn, N.S., shot putter Sarah Mitton's first tour with top world athletes been one to remember.

After winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, last week, Mitton threw 19.44 metres to place third at the first Diamond League track and field meet in Chorzów, Poland — her 15th top-three finish this season.

In June, she broke an outdoor record at the national championships in Langley, B.C., with a 20.33 metre throw.

"That's metres, you know, ahead of what I've been throwing," Mitton said in an interview with CBC's Mainstreet from Heathrow Airport on Monday. Mitton's personal best last year was 18.89. "I was feeling very on and motivated with world championships coming up."

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"[I] stuck around in Birmingham for the medal ceremony, which of course, you know, [is] something that you don't ever want to miss," she said, adding she had to take a 4 a.m. flight on Friday for the Saturday meet in Poland.

"It's finally settled in now and I'm kind of getting a chance to enjoy it."

Mitton said she remembers watching the Commonwealth Games growing up.

"For me, the Commonwealth Games has always been this really big thing," she said. "That was on top of the priority list for me, was to be able to go and compete and come out with a medal."

Mitton said she and her coach Richard Parkinson put in a lot of work in the fall and winter to "make a big shift."

"I came into this year at a pretty big low point," she said, adding that she also worked extensively with her sports psychologist. "Almost every one of us is ready to throw far that day — it's just who can do it in that moment."

Mitton said she knew as soon as her throw at nationals — the farthest in the world this season — left