PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW TOLSON
What it feels like to throw a hammer like a Canadian champion
Step into the cage with Canadian track and field champion Cyerra Cassel as the teenage athlete shows off her flawless hammer-throw technique, shuttling the four-kilogram metal ball across a grass field.
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