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Sara Hall to run Ottawa Marathon 2018
Ottawa, April 26, 2018 - On the heels of the U.S. women's record performance at the Boston Marathon, organizers of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend are pleased to announce that the 2017 U.S. Marathon champion Sara Hall is planning to run the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon...
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Ken Thom dies as result of accident
The athletics community is in mourning following the sudden and tragic death of Paralympic coach Ken Thom. Coach Thom died Sunday, Sept. 24, in Cape Town, South Africa, as a result of a scuba diving accident. “Ken founded a program where there was none. He built an...
Legend Ed Whitlock passes away
The Canadian athletics community is in mourning as Ed Whitlock – a road racing legend who rewrote the 70 and older record books and forever changed the way we look at human endurance – died Monday at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. Whitlock turned 86 on...
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Jason Tunks enters final Track Champs
Jason Tunks of London, Ont., has signed on to throw his last discus at the 2014 Canadian Track and Field Championships in Moncton, N.B. Canada's best discus thrower in history will take his place in the throws circle one last time on Saturday June 28 at 3:15 p.m. "I'm...
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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...
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Marathon Standards for Teams
The marathon standards are set for the 2015 Pan American Games (Toronto, Ont.) and the 2015 World Championships (Beijing, China). The 2015 Pan American Games standard is 2 hours and 18 minutes for the men and 2 hours and 40 minutes for the women. The 2015 World...
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Inaugural Canadian 5k Championships success
Toronto - The Bang and Olufsen Yorkville Run hosted today the inaugural Canadian 5k Championships in Toronto's Yorkville district. Pierre-Olivier Laflamme of Quebec, Que., and Jessica O'Connell of Calgary, Alta., won the first ever 5k road race national titles. With...
Athletics Canada selects team for Doha 2019
OTTAWA - Athletics Canada announced their team of 49 athletes who have been selected to represent Canada at the 2019 IAAF World Championships taking place in Doha, Qatar, from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6. All events will be held at Doha’s Khalifa Stadium with the exception of...