Andreas Troschke from Olds secured a bronze medal for Alberta in the men’s hammer throw yesterday.

Troschke, 18, was excited to represent the province, and add another medal to Alberta’s tally.

Troschke placed third in his first of six throws and remained seeded third in the fifth round when teammate Ben Ivanglsdon of Lethbridge, surpassed him to take the provisional third place with one throw left.

On his last throw, Troschke threw the hammer at a distance of 50.69m, to secure the bronze.

“I was pretty close to the silver medal, but I am still pretty happy with the bronze. A medal is a medal and to top it off it’s at the Canada Games,” said Troschke.

“I worked with Matt Bain [Team Alberta sports psychologist] leading up to the Games at the preparation meet we had here in Winnipeg before the games. He pointed out some things to me on how I approach events, and how I deal with unneeded stress on myself. It helped me quite a bit today as it took me a little while to calm down.”