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Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet triumphed in her distance duel with Gudaf Tesgay, Mondo Duplantis won the pole vault and Shericka Jackson finished second on her return to the track as the 2025 Diamond League season got underway on Saturday. Canada’s Sarah Mitton finishes 5th in women’s shot putThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading

FAQ Some of the world’s best track and field athletes will compete in the latest season of the Diamond League. Here’s what you need to know as the 2025 series get underway. Live coverage of each competition available on CBC Sports Justin Piercy · CBC Sports · Posted: Apr 25,Continue Reading

As CBC Sports senior contributor Morgan Campbell writes, more fans will watch Grand Slam Track when more recognizable names participate. So Canada’s Andre De Grasse, who joins the men’s short sprint cohort as a Challenger, stands out as the blue chip prospect in the series’ latest recruiting class. Canadian star’sContinue Reading

FAQ Some of the world’s best track athletes compete in a new professional league that makes its debut this week. Here’s what you need to know before the inaugural season of Grand Slam Track begins. Live coverage of each competition available on CBC Sports Justin Piercy · CBC Sports · Posted:Continue Reading

Female athletes will soon have to undergo a one-time genetic test to compete in women’s events, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Tuesday, after proposals to tighten eligibility rules were discussed at the body’s council. Female athletes will have to undergo one-time genetic test to compete in women’s eventsTheContinue Reading

The relay squad of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse ran away with The Canadian Press team of the year award for 2024 on Saturday. De Grasse, Brown, Blake and Rodney delivered unexpected gold medal at Paris 2024 Daniel Rainbird · The Canadian Press · Posted:Continue Reading

Opinion Yes, I’ve seen video of the footrace between Noah Lyles, the Olympic 100-metre champion, and Darren Watkins Jr.,  a.k.a. IShowSpeed, the social media megastar whose content often involves feats of athleticism. In one post he leaps over a moving car, so who’s to say he can’t, at the rightContinue Reading

Aaron Brown speaks about his legendary golden moment at Paris 2024 and looking ahead to 2025 and beyond. ‘This sport will throw everything at you’, says 4-time Olympian from TorontoCBC Sports · Posted: Dec 18, 2024 4:42 PM EST | Last Updated: 10 hours ago Aaron Brown waits for theContinue Reading

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