Trinity Shadd-Ceres is one of Canada’s top young track and field athletes, and arguably one of Team Ontario’s busiest at the Canada Summer Games. But track is only half of the 15-year-old’s athletic repertoire. While one of her goals is to eventually own the Canadian long jump record, she’s also an accomplished volleyball player who […]
Anguilla born athlete Zharnel Hughes is being celebrated on the island as he picked up his second individual title at the European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany. Hughes won the men’s 200-metre sprint in a season’s best time of 20.07 seconds. His fellow team Great Britain member,Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, placed second and Italian Filippo Tortu was […]
made quite the return to the track after his withdrawal from the worlds 200-metre event a very golden one at that. Anchoring a team with Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney, the Canadians set a national record and world-leading time of 37.48 seconds en route to gold in the men’s 4x100m relay at the […]
It took 14 years, but the Trinidad and Tobago men’s 4×100-metre team who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics can now call themselves gold medalists. Richard Thompson, Marc Burns, Keston Bledman, Emmanuel Callender and Aaron Armstrong received their medals in a short Olympic medal reallocation ceremony at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday. At […]
Decathlete Dаmіаn Wаrnеr, ѕрrіntеr Andre Dе Grаѕѕе, аnd ѕhоt putter Sarah Mіttоn hеаdlіnе Cаnаdа’ѕ 54-mеmbеr tеаm heading tо the world trасk аnd fіеld championships іn Eugene, Orе. Mitton іѕ coming off a spectacular wееk that ѕаw her lаunсh a Canadian-record throw of 20.33 metres on Saturday at the nаtіоnаl championships іn Lаnglеу, B.C. аnd […]
Elaine Thompson-Herah led a clean sweep of the medals in the women’s 100m, running a meet record 11.03 seconds (-1.2m/s) at the 32nd International Meeting of Athletics Sport Solidarity in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, last Saturday. MVP TC athletes won three events at the one-day meet that is held at their European base with Nigel Ellis […]
Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown won silver in the 200-metre final in Diamond League action, while fellow Canuck Andre De Grasse took bronze at the meet in Gateshead, England, on Sunday. Brown, from Toronto, finished with a time of 20.79 seconds, while De Grasse, a native of Markham, Ont., finished in 20.85 seconds. U.S. sprinter Kenneth […]
Jamaican athletes Fredrick Dacres and Shanieka Ricketts both set records at the North American Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Senior Championships at the Varsity Stadium in Toronto on the weekend Dacres threw 68.47m to lead a Jamaican first and second place finish in the men’s discus throw as Traves Smikle took second, while […]