Camryn Rogers talks about her pride in inspiring young Canadian girls

Cam and Rogers collecting titles like they're no big deal. Two-time Commonwealth Games champ and a games record. What does this mean to you? I think for tonight with the rain and I you know so much going on in the stadium. I think it means so much especially to be here to I think always making a team is just so special. It's something that you have to appreciate and enjoy every moment of so to come out here knowing that I have the training to compete in these conditions that you train for such a big chunk of your life to prepare for moments like this and to get the job done when it matters the most. I think everything falls into place and I'm super proud of that proud of myself proud for the work my coach and I have done to make this happen and for my family and friends and everyone who you know stands by my side. Speaking of family and friends you were doing your victory lap and you had quite the supporter section there on the back stretch we saw your mom you guys had a really long hug what does their support mean to you? Oh it means everything I mean they're the they're the people who growing up were driving me to practice in literal the same literally the same weather as this and being out there on rainy days on comp days and you know going through it with me and like we've been through it all together and even when I'm training now like in Texas or for the past eight years in California that doesn't mean like they may we may be separated by distance but we're never separated in our in their support and their love and so the feel of that to have them here makes today just mean so much makes it so special. You're such a huge inspiration to so many so many young girls out there what does that legacy mean to you to be that role model an example for women's hammer throw? I mean I think for myself I mean it's I don't know like I I think one of the coolest and greatest parts about being in this position and being on teams and is being able to connect with so many people and I think also one of the most meaningful I guess moments that I have is when people reach out to me and I've had like a ton of especially like moms and young girls reach out to me and go like oh like I saw you throwing and so I wanted to go out and and try throwing I started hammer throwing I started track I started a sport and especially for young girls who the majority of which drop out of sport I think around the age 12 13 I think that is such an incredible sort of feat to achieve to be starting sport to be starting that journey I started at 12 and so anything that I can do to help in that to facilitate that joining and I think to be a part of a group that for our sport is so new and so everything that we do we're just trying to showcase the best of what our sport has to offer and the best of what our community has to offer so I think it's a really beautiful thing. Thank you so much and congratulations.