Kieran Lumb takes U23 national record; Regan Yee sets two new bests
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Kieran Lumb took the Canadian U23 record in the 3,000-metre indoor event on Saturday, running a 7:45.50 performance...
Swede Armand Duplantis twice takes World Pole Vault record
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Armand Duplantis twice broke the world pole vault record in back-to-back weeks. First in Torun, Poland then during...
Tokyo Marathon cancelled for 38,000; elites only will be racing March 1
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The 2020 Tokyo Marathon taking place Sunday, March 1 has been cancelled for the general public due to...
Joshua Cheptegei smashes world 5K record
Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) has set a new world record in the 5K Sunday in Monaco.
Cheptegei finished the Monaco Run 5km in the time of...
President Mori bristles at Olympic cancellation rumours – Nike Vaporfly, the next Games’ crisis?
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The president of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Yoshiro Mori, bristled at the suggestion that the Olympics could...
International Olympic Committee’s arrogance typified at Tokyo 2020
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Typical. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) arbitrarily moving the marathons and race walking events 800-kilometres north from Tokyo...
Christie Blatchford: If you are Canadian, you heard her name
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Dead at 68, and as nearly everyone will agree, too young. But she lived and she was heard....
Is Galen Rupp ready to resume his place as America’s best active marathon runner?
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Is American distance runner Galen Rupp back after Haglund's Deformity surgery and nearly two years since his last...
Eritrean-Swede Robel Fsiha suspended for doping
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Eritrean-born Swede Robel Fsiha has been suspended for doping according to Swedish Athletics Association (SWA) secretary Stefan Olsson.
The...
Caleb De Jong and Andrea Lee win Vancouver First Half Half Marathon
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If the provincial 8-kilometre road championships in January were any indication, then it was likely that the Langley...
