Separated by eight time zones, but only four days, Sarah Mitton and her Canadian teammates barely had time to do laundry and repack between the world track and field championships and the Commonwealth Games.
Mitton, who captured gold in women's shot put at the Games in Birmingham, England, was surprised by the physical and emotional toll of competing in two big events back-to-back.
It was a similar story in swimming, with the world championships postponed nearly a year to this past May in Budapest. Several big names passed on competing in Birmingham, including swimmer Penny Oleksiak and sprinters Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown. The Games wrapped up on Monday with the closing ceremony, and numerous athletes undoubtedly planned to follow the lead of Canada's beach volleyball champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes, who planned to celebrate their victory on Sunday with pizza and beer.
"I loved being on this team. This is my fourth Commonwealth Games, and I think this is the best that we've meshed together and how the able-bodied are cheering for us. We are one full team, united like every single day. . . it was a pretty great experience."
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