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...
by caadmin | Aug 4, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
London, UK – Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, B.C., placed fifth in the men’s shot put while Jessica Zelinka of London, Ont., sits in third place in the heptathlon after day one of athletics (track and field) at the 2012 Olympic Games. Armstrong who trains...
by caadmin | Jul 2, 2012 | Featured, News, ParaSport, Track
CALGARY – Athletics Canada announced today the athletes that have been put forth to the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) for nomination to the 2012 Paralympic Games team and 2012 Olympic Games team. Laurier Primeau,...
by caadmin | May 3, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
Gossier, Guadeloupe – After taking a year off to give birth and in her first outdoor race since the Diamond League Final in September 2010, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Markham, Ont., finished third in the 100-metre hurdles at the Meeting International de...
by caadmin | Apr 26, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News
Ottawa – For the first time since 1996 Canada is sending three male marathoners to the Olympic Games. Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont., all dipped below Athletics Canada’s Olympic marathon...