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Canada’s nightmare continued Monday. Aaron Brown was disqualified from the men’s 200-metre event at the track and field world championships due to a lane violation. Brown, 25, ran the race in what was a season-best 20.08 seconds, finishing first in his heat, but the transgression means he won’t be in Wednesday’s semifinals. Great Britain’s Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake was then awarded the […]
After a standout junior career that saw her ranked as high as No.4 in the world, Francoise Abanda appears to have found her groove on the WTA Tour this season. The Canadian has a record of 15-11 on the year, including a pair of second-round appearances at the French Open and Wimbledon. Match Wrap: Montreal’s […]
More bad news for Canada at the world track and field championships. Derek Drouin, the reigning world and Olympic champion in high jump, announced he was withdrawing with an Achilles tendon injury. “I knew I was dealing with an injury that would make my chances of competing come down to the wire,” Drouin said in […]
Sydney Pickrem gave Canada its second individual podium finish of the world aquatics championships on the last day of the event in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday.. Pickrem took bronze in the women’s 400-metre individual medley, using a strong final 100m to push for the podium with a time of four minutes, 32.88 seconds. “I didn’t think I’d be this emotional, […]
Canada is fielding one of their most talented teams at the world mountain running championships in Premana, Italy on Sunday. But the team’s trip across the pond didn’t come without its share of bumps and bruises. The airline lost the Canadian squad’s kits, leaving them without proper attire for the race and their baggage still hasn’t been […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Kylie Masse sets a world record time of of 58.10 seconds in the 100-metre backstroke and becomes the first Canadian woman to win a world swimming championship. CBC | Sports News
Kyle Masse made history on Tuesday. The Canadian broke the world record in 100-metre backstroke Tuesday at the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary, becoming the first-ever female Canadian swimmer to win a world title. Masse’s time of 58.10 seconds snaps the longest-standing record in women’s swimming, held since 2009. The previous best time was […]
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Canada was held off the podium in the women’s 4×100-metre freestyle relay final at the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday. Penny Oleksiak, Chantal Van Landeghem, Sandrine Mainville, and Kayla Sanchez finished fourth with a time of three minutes 33.88 seconds. The United States, featuring Olympic standouts Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel, came in at 3:31.72 to take gold. Australia was second at […]
Canada’s Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu took the silver medal in the women’s three-metre synchronized diving event Monday at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary. It was Canada’s first podium finish at the meet, which runs through July 30 and includes diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo events. The Canadians scored 323.40 points to finish […]
