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Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse finished 0.05 seconds away from victory in the men’s 200 metres at the World Athletics Continental Tour’s Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo. American Robert Gregory edges Canadian star by 0.05 seconds with time of 20.24CBC Sports · Posted: May 18, 2025 8:54 AM EDTContinue Reading

A pair of Canadian athletes opened their Diamond League track and field seasons at the series stop in Doha, Qatar, on Friday. Aaron Brown finished fourth in the men’s 200-metre event, while Alysha Newman was eighth in the women’s pole vault. Fellow Canadian Alysha Newman takes 8th-place finish in pole vaultCBC Sports ·Continue Reading

Changes are coming to the Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia. Founder and commissioner Michael Johnson announced on Thursday that the original three-day schedule for the professional track league event will be condensed to two days of competition. The 3rd stop of the pro track league condenses schedule to 2 days ofContinue Reading

Brendon Rodney believes that his men’s 4×100-metre relay team is the best in Canadian history. At this year’s world championships, Rodney and his teammates Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse and Jerome Blake have a chance to make that claim undeniable. Sprinter in conversation with teammate Aaron Brown, Perdita Felicien on CBC Sports TracksideCBC SportsContinue Reading

Coming Up Four Canadian track and field medallists from the Paris Olympic Games will be in competition on CBC Sports this weekend. That begins with Alysha Newman and Aaron Brown at the Diamond League stop in Doha, Qatar, on Friday (12 p.m ET, CBC Sports.ca, CBC Gem). Watch live coverage on Friday atContinue Reading

Canada’s mixed team of 100-metre sprinters will not join its men’s and women’s counterparts at the World Athletics Championships in September but was the lone foursome to claim victory on the final day at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China. Mixed 4x100m team victorious while botched exchange costs men chanceContinue Reading

The Canadian men’s and women’s 4×100-metre relay teams qualified for the 2025 world championships with incredible anchor-leg performances on Saturday at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China. Canadian women’s 4x400m team also qualifies for worlds at World Athletics RelaysCBC Sports · Posted: May 10, 2025 9:31 AM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Last year’s Paris Olympics provided some incredible moments for Canadian track, arguably none more thrilling than the gold-medal victory in the men’s 4×100-metre relay final. This weekend, that team of Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Jerome Blake is back where their journey to Olympic gold began, theContinue Reading