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World Athletics plans to launch a standalone World Marathon Championship from 2030 under a major overhaul of its distance running calendar, the sport’s governing body said Tuesday. CBC | Sports News
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Clement hits 11th-inning single to give Blue Jays 2nd straight walk-off win over Athletics
Ernie Clement drove in Nathan Lukes with the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays an 8-7 comeback victory over the visiting Athletics on Saturday at Rogers Centre. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Gausman fans 11, Okamoto scores winning run in 9th as Blue Jays beat Athletics 3-2
Kazuma Okamoto scored the winning run in his Blue Jays debut and Kevin Gausman had 11 strikeouts as Toronto opened its 50th anniversary season with a 3-2 walkoff victory over the Athletics on Friday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Athletics Integrity Unit’s mishandling of Adaejah Hodge suspension clouds sprinter’s future
If you’re wondering whether the banned substance cardarine was the secret sauce fuelling Adaejah Hodge’s audacious 2024 season, when she won gold and silver at world juniors, and reached the Olympic semifinal, the 19-year-old from the British Virgin Islands erased any uncertainty in 22.22 seconds. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘A nightmare’: Champion sprinter Bruny Surin shocked by McGill’s athletics cuts
Bruny Surin thought it was a hoax. McGill University’s historic track and field program is a fixture in Canada’s amateur sports landscape so when word flashed across Surin’s phone that the school was scrapping it after 125 years, the Olympic champion sprinter didn’t buy it. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Wheelchair racer Anthony Bouchard wins gold at World Para Athletics Championships
Wheelchair racer Anthony Bouchard captured gold in the final of the men’s 100-metre T52 event, crossing the line with a time of 16.95 seconds. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Greg Stewart wins shot put gold at Para athletics worlds
Greg Stewart of Kamloops, B.C., captured a gold medal at the world Para athletics championships in the shot put event on Friday in New Delhi. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Katie Pegg picks up her 1st Para athletics world medal, setting personal best in shot put
Katie Pegg of Markham, Ont., delivered a personal best performance in women’s shot put Thursday for her first medal at her second Para athletics world championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Marissa Papaconstantinou sprints to 100m bronze at Para athletics worlds for Canada’s 2nd medal
An extended bus ride to the stadium due to heavy traffic didn’t cause Marissa Papaconstantinou to lose focus and keep her off the medal podium at the Para athletics world championships on Wednesday in India. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Wheelchair racer Smeenk grabs bronze for Canada’s 1st medal at Para athletics worlds
Wheelchair racer Austin Smeenk of Oakville, Ont., has medalled at a second straight Para athletics world championships, taking bronze in the men’s 400-metre T34 final on a hot and humid Monday in New Delhi. CBC | Sports News
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