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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
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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
Read More »Ashlyn Renneberg sets Canadian and Americas javelin record at Para athletics worlds
A frustrating season continued for Ashlyn Renneberg in javelin until the last of six throws on Sunday when she set a Canadian and Americas record in the women’s F13 final at the Para athletics world championships in New Delhi. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Canadians compete at the World Athletics Championships
The best track and field athletes on the planet are competing at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which continue on Sunday featuring Canada’s Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney in the men’s 4×100-metre relay final. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Canadians compete at the World Athletics Championships
The best track and field athletes on the planet are competing at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which continue on Saturday featuring Canadian Marco Arop attempting to repeat as world 800-metre champion. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Injury forces 2021 Olympic champ Damian Warner to withdraw from decathlon at World Athletics Championships
Canadian Damian Warner’s attempt to win his first world championship title won’t be happening in Tokyo after he was forced to withdraw from the decathlon with an Achilles injury. CBC | Sports News
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