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Andre De Grasse has his fastest 200m season-opener yet in his 2 win weekend, while Sarah Mitton threw to a 2nd place finish at Diamond League Suzhou. All this and more in Athletics North. CBC | Sports News
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CBC Sports: 2024 Athletics Wanda Diamond League – Shanghai – Suzhou
CBC Sports is your guide through the second week of Diamond League action. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘World Athletics needs to do more’: Aaron Brown wants athletes involved in shared decision-making
Longtime Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown believes all athletes in an Olympic final, not only the winner, should be paid thousands of dollars by World Athletics when the best in track and field gather this summer in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Athletics Canada hopes to take last-ditch shot at qualifying men’s 4×400 relay team for Paris Olympics
Canada’s men’s 4×400-metre relay chances for Paris 2024 are hanging in the balance, and depending on what happens by the end of this week, their Olympic dreams will still be intact or could be over before they even had a chance to be fully realized. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic hopeful Leslie Sexton leads Canadian team into cross-country athletics worlds
Vancouver resident Leslie Sexton, who is challenging herself over different distances and surfaces before the April 28 Hamburg Marathon, will take to the grass and sand-covered pedestrian paths in the women’s 10-kilometre race Saturday at the World Athletics Cross-Country Championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »World Athletics Indoor Championships: DAY 2 – Evening Session – Glasgow
Watch Day 2 athletics action from Scotland as over 650 competitors from more than 130 countries are expected to take part in the World Athletics Indoor Championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Christian Coleman reacts to 60m gold-medal win at World Athletics Indoor Championships
The American sprinter ran a world-leading 6.41 seconds to take the victory and beat Noah Lyles. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadians look to use World Athletics Indoor Championships as launch pad to Paris
Fourteen Canadians have made the trip to Glasgow to compete in the 19th edition of the world indoor championships. With the Paris Olympics less than five months away, this is a crucial event for the athletes who have made the trip to continue their preparation for the Summer Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Beijing to host 2027 World Athletics Championships after Italy withdraws bid
The 2027 track and field world championships have been awarded to Beijing, where the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Games were held. China is also hosting the world indoor championships next year in Nanjing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »When it comes to athletics in 2024, Canada truly blessed with depth of field
The performance of Canadian athletes provides not just hope that if everything breaks right, Canadian athletes can win some medals, but a well-founded expectation that, regardless of which individuals perform well, Team Canada has the depth and breadth of talent to hit ambitious medal targets. CBC | Sports News
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