Canada’s Katie Pegg wins bronze in shot put at world para athletics championships
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NEW DELHI – Canada’s Katie Pegg landed on the podium at the 2025 world para athletics championships with the best throw of her shot put career.
The 21-year-old Pegg, from Markham, Ont., took bronze in the women’s F46 event with a throw of 12.76 metres, earning Canada its first medal in a field event in New Delhi.
“I just went out there, threw a heavy ball really far and I had fun,” Pegg said. “I didn’t put too much pressure on myself. I knew walking in that I was ready.
“We’ve been working so hard to get to this very day. Today, walking to that circle, I was ready to go out there and just do the best I could.”
Uzbekistan’s Karomat Omonova won gold with a throw of 13.07 metres, followed by New Zealand’s Holly Robinson at 12.86 metres.
Pegg, who had never before reached 12 metres in competition, bettered that mark on five of her six throws, with her personal-best result coming on her final attempt.
“In our training camp, I had thrown 12.50 metres. It was kind of a shock, like ‘Oh my gosh, I can do this,'” Pegg said.
Pegg, who was born without a radial bone in her right forearm, finished fifth in the F46 shot put at the 2024 world championships and was seventh at the Paris Paralympics later that year.
Canada has three bronze medals in New Delhi heading into the final three days of the world championships.
Amanda Rummery of Sherwood Park, Alta., just missed adding to Canada’s medal total with a fourth-place finish in the women’s T47 400 metres.
In other results, Toronto’s Jesse Zesseu was sixth in the men’s F37 discus. Zesseu, who won silver in the event at the 2023 Parapan Am Games, will compete in long jump on Friday.
In wheelchair racing, Toronto’s Nandini Sharma was eighth in the women’s T54 100 metres.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 2, 2025.