(Eugene) Canadian Aaron Brown finished seventh in the 200m at the World Championships on Thursday after posting a time of 20.18 seconds.
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“I’m disappointed, but that’s part of the sport, isn’t it? Sometimes things don’t go your way, Brown said. You have to keep fighting, training and figuring out what to do to be ready for the next opportunity. »
American Noah Lyles prevailed with the fastest time in the world this season, 19.31.
Brown has stood on the podium several times internationally with the Canadian 4×100-metre relay team, including at the Tokyo Games last summer. He has taken part in several international finals, but his silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 remains his only top 3 major on an individual level.
“I have the relay with my guys. I always love racing for my country with the guys so we’ll see if we can add another medal to the total,” Brown said. I am however very hungry for an individual medal. »
Canadian and Olympic champion Andre De Grasse did not participate in the event. He is not fully recovered after contracting COVID-19 more or less a month ago.
De Grasse was eliminated in the 100 meters semi-finals on Saturday.
Second behind De Grasse at the Tokyo Olympics, Lyles beat his compatriots Kenny Bednarek (19.77) and Erriyon Knighton (19.80).
Canadian Marco Arop earned his spot in the 800m final, with the 23-year-old Albertan clocking the distance in 1.45.12. The final will take place on Saturday.
“The goal was just to get to the final and build from there,” Arop said.
Another Canadian, Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., earned a spot in Saturday’s 5,000m final. His time of 13:15.17 was the fifth fastest of the evening.
Ahmed took the second step of the podium in Tokyo. He set the pace up front for the majority of the race, wanting to eliminate a few runners in the slower wave before his.
“I don’t know who got knocked out and who didn’t, but there were a few big names in the previous wave. I thought I could try to eliminate some of them, he mentioned. That’s what I wanted to do. »
Earlier Thursday, Shericka Jackson brilliantly gave the Jamaicans another gold medal. She won the 200m in 21.45 seconds, the second fastest time in history.
Jackson was 36 hundredths ahead of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, winner of the 100m on Sunday.
Defending champion Dina Asher-Smith provided another podium for the Britons, finishing third in 22.02.
Of six medals in the women’s sprint events, five went to Jamaicans.
Very soon after Jackson’s victory, Usain Bolt tweeted “Superb”, with two Jamaican flags.
American Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the world mark, clocking 21.34 at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
Jackson won silver in the 100m; she also won bronze in the 400m at the 2015 and 2019 Worlds. The 28-year-old Jamaican arrived in Oregon with the best time in the 200m this year at 21.55.