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Best Canada placing at Chiba Ekiden
Team Canada recorded their best ever finish today at the International Chiba Ekiden in Japan. The mixed gender relay team placed seventh overall and recorded the fastest time in Canadian history covering the 42.195 km course in 2:09:28. The overall competition was won...
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Team Canada for Chiba Ekiden 2014
OTTAWA - Athletics Canada named eight athletes today who will travel to Chiba City in Japan for the 2014 Chiba Ekiden Road Race on November 24. The event is a mixed gender relay where men and women alternate legs to cover the marathon distance of 42.195-kilometres....
Quebec City Marathon Events 2014 success
The Quebec City Marathon Events over the weekend of the 22nd August 2014, was a huge success. Run over a weekend of warm weather where more than 13000 runners participated in the various events, which saw the bulk of 11000 take part on Sunday, 23rd August. With the...
GLOBAL TRACK
Theisen-Eaton wins Silver
Moscow - Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Humboldt, Sask., won World Championship silver today with a personal best of 6530 points in the seven-event heptathlon. Her silver comes two days after teammate Damian Warner of London, Ont., won bronze in the decathlon, an event that...
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MARATHON
Ottawa records in jeopardy
MAY 15 - OTTAWA - Confirmation of top-ranked runners in the 2012 Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race Weekend is shaping the May 27 marathon into one of the most highly anticipated spectator sports of the season. Event records are expected to fall with a strong contingent of...
EUROPE
Team Canada for World Cross Country
Twenty-three Canadians will travel to Guiyang, China for the 41st International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships taking place Sunday, March 28. The Canadian contingent will leave for China on March 24 to acclimatize to the...
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CWG
Gillis and DuChene to Defend Titles
This week Athletics Canada officially launched ACRoad.ca; Canada's road running portal. The cutting edge site is your portal to the Canadian road running community, providing access to race information, rankings, results, programs, services and resources for race...
Cherono breaks Ottawa 10 km race record
May 23, 2015 - Ottawa - For the second consecutive year in the 10 km event at the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, a Kenyan woman was the first to cross the finish line and go on to break the course record. Thirty-two year-old Gladys Cherono's time of 30 minutes 56...