BEIJING — Shot-putter Dylan Armstrong just missed becoming Canada's first medalist at the Beijing Olympics. The native of Kamloops, B.C., finished fourth with a Canadian-record throw of 21.04 metres Friday night, as track and field began at the Summer Games. That improved on the mark of 20.92 he set last May, but it was a centimetre short of the toss by bronze medalist Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus. Tomasz Majewski of Poland took gold at 21.51 with American Christian Cantwell claiming silver at 21.09. The 27-year-old Armstrong won gold at the Pan American Games last summer, was ninth at the 2007 world championships in Osaka, Japan, and came into Beijing ranked 11th in the world. "I'm more than happy with a national record,'' Armstrong said. "I think I did my country proud and my hometown proud.'' Armstrong, who switched from...
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