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Canada's Marco Arop races to second in 800 metres in Diamond League
Canada's Marco Arop races to second in 800 metres in Diamond League

CTV News

time3 days ago

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Canada's Marco Arop races to second in 800 metres in Diamond League

Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, right, beats Canada's Marco Arop to win the Men's 800m during the Wanda Diamond League Series London Athletics Meet at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Saturday July 19, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) LONDON — Canadian middle-distance racer Marco Arop finished second in a Diamond League 800 metres Saturday. The 26-year-old from Edmonton posted a season-best one minute 42.22 seconds at London Stadium behind Kenyan victor Emmanuel Wanyonyi's 1:42. Britain's Max Burgin placed third in 1:42.36. Arop, the reigning world champion and last year's Olympic silver medallist in Paris, led at the final turn Saturday, but Olympic champion Wanyonyi reeled the Canadian in down the stretch. 'This is such a great place to race, and it lifted us all (to) produce a really competitive and close race today,' Arop said. 'I was happy to run a season best. I just trust in my coach's plan and it seems to be paying off.' Arop bested his previous fastest time this season of 1:42.73 in Monaco on July 11 when he finished fifth. Wanyonyi, who set a meet record in London, aims to take the world crown from Arop in September in Tokyo. 'I am so excited to win this race. That is what I came here to do, and it is great to set a meeting record too,' Wanyonyi said. 'It was a great race to be a part of. Preparation has been going well after Monaco, so this one was important today. My training right now is at 80 per cent, so I will be upping the training in the next few weeks and over the next races before Tokyo.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19 2025.

Marco Arop, Noah Lyles headline Diamond League's London event
Marco Arop, Noah Lyles headline Diamond League's London event

CBC

time4 days ago

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Marco Arop, Noah Lyles headline Diamond League's London event

Canada's Marco Arop will look for another season's best when he competes at the Diamond League track and field meet in London this weekend. Arop, the Paris Olympics silver medallist in the men's 800-metres, is coming off a season's-best result at the Diamond League stop in Monaco last week. The Edmonton native finished in one minute, 42.73 seconds to claim a fifth-place result. Olympic gold medallist Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya, will also be in London for the event after winning that Monaco racewith a world-leading time of 1:41.44. CBC Gem and will carry all the live action from the Novuna London Athletics Meet, beginning on Saturday at 9 a.m. ET. This weekend's men's 800m race is just one of several key events on Saturday — including Round 2 of Noah Lyles vs. Letsile Tebogo. Chris Chavez, the founder of Citius Mag, joined Trackside hosts Perdita Felicien and Aaron Brown to preview the biggest storylines and races to watch at Diamond League London. 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles, Canadian Marco Arop headline London Diamond League 20 hours ago Hosts Perdita Felicien and Aaron Brown are joined by Chris Chavez to break down the biggest storylines heading into one of the most anticipated athletics meets ahead of worlds.

Canada's Sarah Mitton wins bronze at Diamond League stop in Monaco
Canada's Sarah Mitton wins bronze at Diamond League stop in Monaco

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time14-07-2025

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Canada's Sarah Mitton wins bronze at Diamond League stop in Monaco

Sarah Mitton, of Canada, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's shot put final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) MONACO — Canada's Sarah Mitton placed third in the women's shot put at the Diamond League meet in Monaco on Friday with a throw of 20.00 metres. Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands won with 20.39, and American Chase Jackson was second with 20.06. Mitton, the two-time reigning world indoor champion from Brooklyn, N.S., was coming off a silver-medal performance at last week's Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., where she threw a season-best 20.39. Edmonton's Marco Arop, the reigning world champion in the men's 800 metres, finished fifth despite a season-best time of one minute 42.73 seconds. He entered the event on a roll after winning all three 800-metre races in the inaugural Grand Slam of Track. Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi won in a world-leading and meet-record time of 1:41.44, followed by American Josh Hoey (1:42.01) and Algeria's Djamel Sedjati (1.42.20). The next Diamond League meet is set for July 19 in London. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 11, 2025.

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