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Andre De Grasse is enjoying the high of being a gold medallist once again. The 29-year-old from Markham, Ont., capped off an adversity-filled Olympics in August by anchoring Canada’s men’s 4×100-metre relay team to gold, a first for Canada since 1996. The City of Markham is honouring him, along withContinue Reading

Marco Arop of Edmonton won the men’s 1,000-metre race at the World Athletics Continental Tour meet in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sunday. The 25-year-old posted a time of 2 minutes 13.13 seconds to set a Canadian record in the non-Olympic distance Olympic silver medallist posts Canadian record time of 2 minutes 13.13 secondsContinue Reading

Marco Arop, the reigning world 800-metre champion, will run for his first Olympic gold medal on Saturday. The Edmonton athlete won his semifinal heat in one minute 45.05 seconds on Friday to qualify for Saturday’s final (1:05 p.m. ET, CBC Gem, CBC Olympics app) at Stade de France, where he’ll aim for Canada’s first podium finishContinue Reading

Think about Andre De Grasse’s Olympic career, and you might envision him standing on the podium. Across the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Games, every time De Grasse raced on the sport’s biggest stage, the Canadian sprinter would come through with a medal. Whatever the circumstances, De Grasse was undeterred.Continue Reading

Racing at less than full health, four Canadian men’s sprinters delivered a strong performance Thursday to secure a spot in the Olympic 4×100-metre relay final. Audrey Leduc closed in 10.04 seconds to help set a new national record and berth for the Canadian women’s team in the final. Leduc leadsContinue Reading

Updated On Friday, Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., will be the first Canadian woman to compete in a shot put final at the Olympics after securing a berth on her opening throw of Thursday’s qualification round in Saint-Denis, France. Brooklyn, N.S., native qualifies for Friday showdown with 19.77m effort on 1stContinue Reading

Updated An appeal submitted by Canadian distance runner Moh Ahmed was rejected Wednesday shortly after the reigning Olympic silver medallist in the men’s 5,000 metres was tripped late in his first-round heat in Paris. He captured silver at 2021 Games; Paris final slated for Saturday at 1:50 p.m. ET Doug Harrison · CBCContinue Reading

World champion Marco Arop is a step closer to his goal of running for his first Olympic medal in the men’s 800 metres. The Edmonton athlete was second in his heat Wednesday, stopping the clock in one minute 45.74 seconds. Places 2nd in heat in 1:45.74; Dunfee, Lundman set CanadianContinue Reading

The men’s 800-metre race promises to be a doozy. There’s Canada’s Marco Arop, the reigning world champion. There’s Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati, the fastest man in the world this season. And there’s Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi, second-fastest to both Arop at worlds and Sedjati this season. Algeria’s Sedjati aiming for world record,Continue Reading