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Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., threw 20.25 metres on Friday to win her first Diamond League Trophy, beating two-time defending shot put champion Chase Jackson of the United States to open the two-day season-ending track and field meet in Brussels. Canadian record holder beats U.S. rival, 2-time defending champion ChaseContinue Reading

Sarah Mitton won’t be praying for rain in Brussels on Friday to open the two-day Diamond League Final, but she will welcome such conditions during shot put competition next spring and summer leading into September’s World Athletics Championships in Japan. Mitton, who won indoor world gold in March, believes theContinue 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

Charles Philibert-Thiboutot was hoping to take a serious run at reclaiming his Canadian record in the 3,000 metres at Thursday’s Diamond League track and field meet in Zürich, though he isn’t certain his body will co-operate. Several international athletes vying for spot at Sept. 13-14 Diamond League Final Doug HarrisonContinue Reading

Alysha Newman is headed to her fourth Diamond League Final in women’s pole vault, and first in five years, after nearly matching her Canadian record performance from the recent Paris Olympics to open the Weltklasse Zürich track and field meet on Wednesday. Fellow Canadian record holders Marco Arop, Sarah MittonContinue Reading

Alysha Newman placed third in women’s pole vault Friday at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meet in Rome to strengthen her hold on a qualifying position for the Diamond League Final next month. Places 3rd in Rome while Moh Ahmed, again, runs sub-13 minutes over 5,000m Doug Harrison · CBC Sports ·Continue Reading

It’s all about race preparation this week for Moh Ahmed, who has put off sightseeing in Rome in favour of reading and napping. Canada’s best 5,000-metre track runner — he holds 10 of the 11 fastest times by a man or woman — is determined to finish the season strongContinue Reading

Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis set new world records and Canada’s Marco Arop ran to a meeting record on Sunday at a Diamond League event in Chorzow, Poland. Canada’s Arop sets also sets meet record in men’s 800m winCBC Sports · Posted: Aug 25, 2024 10:37 AMContinue Reading

Fresh off his silver medal at the Paris Olympics, Canada’s Marco Arop returned to the track and finished second in the men’s 800-metre event on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland. Canadian placed 2nd at both Paris Games and Swiss eventCBC Sports · Posted: Aug 22, 2024 3:01 PM EDT | LastContinue Reading