by caadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, Marathon, News, Olympic Games
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...
by caadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
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...
by caadmin | Aug 10, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
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...
by caadmin | Aug 8, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
LONDON, UK – Derek Drouin of Corunna, Ont., has won Canada’s first track and field and Canada’s 11th medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. Day five at Olympic Stadium also brought three top eight performances and a personal best. Drouin’s medal is...
by caadmin | Aug 7, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
LONDON, UK – Three Canadian athletes made their mark in London on day three of the 2012 Olympic Games by qualifying into later rounds. In the men’s high jump both Derek Drouin of Corunna, Ont., and Michael Mason of Nanoose Bay, B.C., advanced to final...
by caadmin | Aug 5, 2012 | Featured, London 2012, News, Olympic Games, Track, Walk
London, UK – Day two of Canadian athletics competition at the 2012 Olympic Games saw a Canadian record, a top ten finish, and three top twelve performances. Vancouver, B.C.’s Inaki Gomez finished 13th in the men’s 20-kilometre race walk final in a...