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When this year’s World Athletics Championships gets underway, a record number of Canadians will be looking to repeat as champions. But it’s not just those four athletes who are expected to challenge for the podium in Tokyo. Canada is sending its largest-ever contingent to the world championships, and head coach Glenroy Gilbert believes that the team’s strength lies in its ...
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2025 World Athletics Continental Tour: Beijing
Watch Nova Scotia’s Sarah Mitton compete in the shot put event at the 2025 World Athletics Continental Tour stop at National Stadium in Beijing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Invasive’ gene test by World Athletics causing headaches for athletes before world championships
Two Canadian athletes say the rollout of the SRY gene test ahead of the World Athletics Championships in September has been a mess and has caused a lot of unnecessary stress to them, Athletics Canada and others to figure out how to get tested. CBC | Sports News
Read More »New gene tests system in disarray ahead of World Athletics Championships
Clarifying promised rules on female eligibility, track and field’s governing body set a Sept. 1 deadline Wednesday for athletes to pass a gene test for competing at the world championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Nick Kurtz of Athletics becomes 1st MLB rookie to hit 4 home runs in a game
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics became the first rookie in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in a game and matched the MLB record with 19 total bases against the Houston Astros on Friday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Turkey’s collecting of unhappy foreign athletics stars shows it knows money matters
Last week Turkey’s athletics federation undertook a seismic spending spree, rattling international track and field right down to its foundations. A Nigerian and four Jamaican athletes all agreed to become, for the purposes of international competition, Turkish, for a reported $ 500K US signing bonus. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada wins gold, bronze to end World Relays and clinches another spot at athletics worlds
Canada’s mixed team of 100-metre sprinters will not join its men’s and women’s counterparts at the World Athletics Championships in September but was the lone foursome to claim victory on the final day at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Watch Canada’s track stars compete at the World Athletics Relays
Olympic gold medallists Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Jerome Blake lead the Canadian contingent into Guangzhou, China, where qualification for the World Athletics Championships is up for grabs. Live coverage begins on Saturday at 6:55 a.m. ET. CBC | Sports News
Read More »2025 World Athletics Wanda Diamond League: Xiamen
Watch the world’s top track and field stars head to the Xiamen Egret Stadium to kick off the 2025 Wanda Diamond League season. CBC | Sports News
Read More »World Athletics to introduce genetic tests for women
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. CBC | Sports News
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