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Watch coverage of the Grand Slam Track event from Miramar, Fla., today at 5 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, featuring Canada’s Marco Arop competing in the 1,500 metres. CBC | Sports News
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World 800m champ Marco Arop prioritizes winning track medals over world record ‘passion project’
While talk between Grand Slam Track events could shift to Marco Arop’s continued pursuit of David Rudisha’s 800-metre world record, he remains focused on the opportunity to develop another skillset racing the 1,500. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Marco Arop goes wire-to-wire, winning 800m on final day of Grand Slam Track in Jamaica
Marco Arop powered to victory in the Grand Slam Track 800-metre race at the organization’s inaugural event in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Budding friendship with teammate has Marco Arop ‘reinvigorated’ entering Grand Slam Track
Coming off an Olympic silver medal, Canada’s Marco Arop will open his outdoor season this weekend in Jamaica at the Grand Slam Track in the 800 metres and a newer distance, the 1,500. “Marco has great race instincts, no matter the distance,” says coach Chris Woods. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Arop aims for ‘next gear’ with Grand Slam Track after capturing Olympic 800m silver
Marco Arop, who ran to an Olympic silver medal in August, is the first Canadian to join Grand Slam Track before the professional league’s inaugural season in 2025. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians Arop, Newman earn 3rd-place finishes at Diamond League Final
Canadians Marco Arop and Alysha Newman both earned bronze medals in their respective events Saturday at the Diamond League Final event in Brussels. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Marco Arop wins 1,000-metre race at World Athletics Continental Tour in Zagreb meet
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 CBC | Sports News
Read More »In Olympic rematch, 800m champion Wanyonyi pulls away from Canada’s Arop at Lausanne event
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. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Arop nears personal best in Monaco 800m, won by record-setting Algerian Djamel Sedjatis
Djamel Sedjati of Algeria was victorious in his second Diamond League race in five days, posting a season world-leading and national record time of one minute 41.46 seconds on Friday in Monaco. Canada’s Marco Arop was sixth in 1:42.93, just 8-100ths shy of his personal best. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Arop, Shukla meet Olympic standard, win 800-metre titles at Canadian track and field trials
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