Olympics-bound
Kamloops-trained hammer thrower Kibwe Johnson will represent the United States this summer at the Olympic Games in London.
Johnson, who trains at the National Throws Centre with Anatoliy Bondarchuk, won gold in hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic trials in Beaverton, Ore., on Thursday, June 21.
He threw 74.96 metres to place first.
Johnson, who is from San Francisco, will be competing in his first Olympics.
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