Etiket: athletics
Athletics | What still makes “CPT” run?
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot’s absence from the Tokyo Olympics is practically due to a combination of circumstances. At 29 years old, on paper, the 1500m runner should have been at the top…
Athletics | Aaron Brown, the “chronic thinker”
Aaron Brown is a new man. Published at 1:24 a.m. Updated at 5:00 a.m. For too long in his career, the 31-year-old Canadian sprinter has let his thoughts affect his…
Athletics | Charles Philibert-Thiboutot sets Canadian record in 3000m
Three Quebecers from the same club were in action on Sunday at the Paris Diamond League. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot was the one who obtained the best result by ranking fourth in…
Athletics | Jean-Simon Desgagnés confirms his presence at the Paris Olympic Games
“Checked!” “, said Jean-Sébastien Desgagnés, making a large hook with his hand. He had just fallen into the arms of his friend Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, who had shouted his encouragement to…
Athletics | Injured Elaine Thompson-Herah withdraws from the Olympics
(Kingston) Hard blow for the Jamaican sprint one month before the Paris Olympic Games. Double Olympic 100m and 200m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah will not defend her titles this summer due…
Montreal Athletics Classic | “I was too fast!” »
Limited to the semi-final, Audrey Leduc achieved her second career time in the 100m. She is ready for the Olympic Trials. Published yesterday at 11:26 p.m. Audrey Leduc was not…
The Montreal Athletics Classic | “I was too fast!” »
Limited to the semi-final, Audrey Leduc achieved her second lifetime time in the 100m. She is ready for the Olympic Trials. Posted at 11:26 p.m. Audrey Leduc was not disoriented…
Quebec athletics | A “small revolution” that is still “precarious”
Four Quebec runners are on track to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games. If all goes well, one, two or even three could be added by the June 30 deadline.…
Edmonton Athletics Invitational | Audrey Leduc continues her momentum
It’s not just Connor McDavid who is quick on his skates in Edmonton. Audrey Leduc can be too, figuratively. Posted at 7:57 p.m. A few hours before the third game…
European Athletics Championship: Gemima Joseph silver medalist with her teammates in the 4x100m relay
The French torchbearers had a great card to play this evening in Rome. With a time of 42 seconds and 15 hundredths, they placed themselves in second position behind England.…
Athletics | Trayvon Bromell withdraws from US selections and will miss the Olympics
(Los Angeles) American sprinter Trayvon Bromell, double world medalist in the 100m, has withdrawn from the American selections and will not compete in the Paris Olympic Games this summer, according…
Athletics | Audrey Leduc lowers the Canadian mark over 200 meters
After the Canadian 100m record, here is the Canadian 200m record which is added to the list of achievements of Quebec sprinter Audrey Leduc. Posted at 9:58 a.m. Leduc won…
Athletics | Marie-Éloïse Leclair and Audrey Leduc help the women’s 4 x 100m relay qualify for Paris
Canada will be in the women’s 4 x 100m relay at the Paris Olympics. Sade McCreath, Marie-Éloïse Leclair, Audrey Leduc and Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye managed to qualify the country in a…
Athletics | Audrey Leduc shatters the Canadian 100 meter record
Three weeks after an astonishing time of 11.08 seconds in the 100 meters, Quebec sprinter Audrey Leduc did even better by achieving a time of 10.96 seconds (wind +0.5 m/s),…
100 meter record for Audrey Leduc | Thunderclap in Canadian athletics
Three weeks after an astonishing time of 11.08 sec, the sprinter from Gatineau did even better by achieving a time of 10.96 (wind + 0.5 m/s), Saturday, at the LSU…
Paris 2024 | Athletics bonuses trouble the world of Olympics
(Lausanne) Welcomed by certain athletes, the unprecedented decision of World Athletics to pay bonuses to the gold medalists of the 2024 Olympic Games is sowing discord in the world of…
Ken Holtzman, former pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics, dies
(Chicago) Ken Holtzman, the winningest Jewish pitcher in major league baseball history, authored two no-hit games with the Chicago Cubs before helping the Oakland Athletics win three World Series sharpened…
A unique athletics track at the Paris Olympics
The best athletes on the planet will compete in the Paris Olympics next summer on a track of purple vulcanized rubber that is manufactured in a factory in northern Italy.…
Anti-doping rules for athletics will be tightened for some countries before the Olympics
Those who participate in athletics in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal and who aspire to participate in the Paris Olympics will have to undergo more drug tests between now and…
World Indoor Athletics Championships | A gold medal for Canadian Sarah Mitton in the shot put
(Glasgow) Sarah Mitton set a Canadian record and won gold in the shot put at the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Friday. Published at 9:27 a.m. Mitton’s record throw cleared…