LONDON, UK – Damian Warner of London, Ont., finished fifth in the decathlon with a personal best of 8442 points in only his tenth full decathlon. Warner registered six new personal bests over the ten events including two in his last five events of competition...
London, UK – Athletics Canada’s objectives coming in to the 2012 Olympic Games were to improve on Beijing’s showing of one medal and to improve on the sixteenth place finish in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) country...
Marathoners have strong showing in difficult conditions For the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Canada fielded a full men’s marathon entry at the Olympic Games. The trio of Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and...
BARCELONA – Nine Canadian athletes made their mark in Barcelona, Spain on day one of the World Junior Track and Field Championships qualifying into later rounds. Devan Wiebe of Vancouver, B.C., won heat 4 of the first round of the 800-metres in 2:07.04; Julia...
BARCELONA- Shawnacy Barber of Toronto, Ont., has won Canada’s first medal at the 2012 World Athletics Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Barber won bronze in the boys pole vault in a new Canadian junior record of 5.55-metres. Barber’s outstanding...
