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Marco Arop earns spot in Diamond League Final with solid 800m run in rainy Lausanne
Marco Arop excited Canadian track fans by taking the lead late in Wednesday's 800-metre race before the reigning world champion surprised them seconds later by fading over the final 100 in a steady downpour for a fifth-place finish in Lausanne, Switzerland. But it appears to have been by design as the Edmonton middle-distance runner has secured a lane in the Diamond League Final next month ahead of the Sept. 13-21 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Arop entered the race 10th in the standings, two spots shy of the eighth and final spot for the men's 800 at the Final in Zurich on Aug. 28. But the four points earned from his placing at the 50th edition of Athletissima in Switzerland allowed Arop to finish with 15, one more than Gabriel Tual of Italy who was not in the nine-man field. The final regular-season Diamond League track and field meet is Friday in Brussels, where the men's 800 will not be contested. The event will be live streamed at and CBC Gem from 2-4 p.m. ET. Arop had set a pre-season goal to make a fifth appearance in the Final but had a late start on the circuit after devoting time to the Grand Slam Track tour, which was forced to cancel the fourth and final meet of its inaugural season earlier in the summer. He delivered a season best of one minute 42.22 seconds at the London Diamond League meet on July 19 and two weeks later won his fourth consecutive Canadian title and fifth overall. With about 200 metres to the finish line on Wednesday, Arop passed Kenyan rival Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the 2024 Olympic champion, and Max Burgin of Great Britain on the outside at Stade de la Pontaise. WATCH | Canadian champion Arop clocks 1:43.91 for 5th in Switzerland: But Arop started to fall off the pace at the top of the straightway while Josh Hoey of the United States unleashed a powerful kick, pulling away from the trio over the final 20 metres for his first-ever Diamond League victory in 1:42.82. "I wanted to get [off the start line] hard, let the leaders take the rain, and then make my move with 100 [metres] to go," he said. "It felt like being a kid again, playing in the rain. I've never raced in anything like this before. "It reminded me of cross-country growing up, where it comes down to being the thoughest and the most patient." Wanyonyi, who was seeking a third straight Diamond League win, was second (1:43.29) and had his four-race win streak halted. Spaniard Mohamed Attaoui (1:43.38) placed third. Arop clocked 1:43.91 after placing second to Wanyonyi last Aug. 22 in 1:41.72. "My race was OK," said Wanyonyi. "The atmosphere in the stadium was great." Arop and Wanyonyi will need to be mindful of Hoey in Zurich and, potentially Tokyo, should he gain a wild-card berth at worlds by winning the Diamond League Final. The 25-year-old from Downingtown, Pa., was second behind Arop at the third and final Grand Slam Track event of the season on May 25 in Philadelphia, and then reached the finish less than a second after Wanyonyi on July 11 in Monaco. Arop stopped the clock in 1:42.73 in Monaco to finish fifth and after the race said he was encouraged by his improved times. In July, the 26-year-old told The Canadian Press he was in the best shape of his life and "excited to prove it." WATCH | Full replay coverage of Wednesday's track and field meet: Seville clocks 9.87 seconds on wet track Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles was beaten again by Oblique Seville when the Jamaican splashed to victory Wednesday. Seville defied steady rain and standing water on the track to impress in 9.87 seconds, 1-100th outside his winning time at London last month when Lyles also was second in his injury-delayed season. "We can perform even in hurricanes," Seville told Swiss broadcaster RTS. 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High jump world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh opted to stop after one failure each at 1.86 metres and then 1.91, and javelin gold medallist Haruka Kitaguchi placed last. The women's pole vault event was stopped entirely. WATCH: Was Lyles's stare down of Kenny Bednarek offside? Standout performances early in the program, when the rain was just light, saw Olympic 800 champion Keely Hodgkinson win in one minute 55.69 seconds and Cordell Tinch take the 110 hurdles victory in 12.98 seconds. For more information on athletics events streaming live on CBC Sports this season, click here to see the full broadcast schedule. For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians — from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community — check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here.
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Canada Games challenged by Air Canada strike, families stuck in St. John's
For Canada Games Council CEO Kelly-Ann Paul, the timing of Air Canada's strike was nothing short of "surreal." Air Canada grounded thousands of flights last Saturday when its flight attendants went on strike, disrupting the Canada Games in St. John's, N.L., which run Aug. 8-25 with teenage athletes from across the country flying in and out throughout. Organizers put a contingency plan in place, arranging charter flights for teams from Ontario and Quebec after their schedules were disrupted. About 130 major technical officials from across the country also had to be flown in the same way, while athletes finishing competition in the opening week headed home, and the next wave arrived for the following week "It's been a significant obstacle," Paul said. "The Canada Games are complex enough in terms of the movement of up to 5,000 people in and out of the city of St. John's in a 24-hour period. So for this to have happened on the eve of our turnaround day, the odds of that are almost like getting struck by lightning in terms of the timing." Flights resumed Tuesday afternoon after a three-day halt. The airline and the union representing more than 10,000 flight attendants struck a new tentative agreement that morning with the help of a federal mediator. But even as service restarted, families found themselves still stranded in St. John's. William Lippai, the father of Team Saskatchewan men's basketball player Joe Lippai, remained in St. John's with his wife and daughter, hoping to leave Thursday. While the team arranged a charter to get Joe and his teammates home, his family was left waiting. William Lippai learned at the end of Joe's final game Saturday that his Sunday flight had been cancelled. "At the end of the game, we were talking with other parents who also were kind of in the same boat where Air Canada was cancelling flights for them as well," William Lippai said. "There were some families that were on WestJet that were OK, so they were heading out and leaving on the Sunday as planned. The rest of us were kind of stuck here." The family tried other options, even going to the airport in person after they couldn't reach Air Canada by phone. They were successfully booked on a Wednesday morning flight, only to have it delayed until Thursday. "Every U.S. airline that flies out of here, like trying to get to New York City or Boston or even Las Vegas, I looked at — another family was saying that they were trying to fly to Orlando to try to bounce it back on a U.S. carrier," William Lippai said. "And all of the first legs out of St. John's are all provided by their alliance partner, which is Air Canada." Taking a ferry to Nova Scotia to catch a flight from there was considered but ultimately disregarded because of the long sailings and the difficulty of reaching the ports. Lippai said the extended hotel stay, if they get out Thursday, will probably cost an extra $2,500 to $3,000. However, he said he doesn't fault anyone for the trouble the trip has caused in supporting his son at the event. "We found out about … the potential was there for the strike about a week before we travelled, and … we didn't even question whether or not we were going to stay back, right? It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Lippai said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 20, 2025. Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press
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Colorado Avalanche sign winger Victor Olofsson to one-year contract
The Colorado Avalanche added some offensive punch to their lineup Wednesday by signing free-agent winger Victor Olofsson to a one-year contract. PuckPedia reports it is worth $1.575 million. Olofsson, 30, spent last season with the Vegas Golden Knights and contributed 15 goals and 29 points in 56 games while playing on a one-year deal worth $1.075 million. He played in nine of the Golden Knights' 11 playoff games and scored twice while assisting on two goals. Advertisement While not known for a strong all-around game, Olofsson is a goal scorer, as evident by a career total of 105 in 370 NHL games. A seventh-round pick of the Buffalo Sabres in 2014, Olofsson spent his first six years there and had three 20-goal seasons topped by a career-high 28 in 2022-23. In Olofsson the Avalanche add a solid depth winger with a good shot who can contribute on the power play. Last season in Vegas, Olofsson played mostly on the left wing, and showed he has the hockey sense to play with strong offensive players. He also contributed six goals on the power play despite only playing in a limited role. Olofsson served as a fill-in for Golden Knights leading scorer Pavel Dorofeyev on the right side of the top power play unit, and showed good finishing ability from there. He could surprise offensively in Colorado depending on who he ends up playing with. Olofsson could slot in on the Avs' third line and get some time on their power play. While he may not be a first-unit option, Olofsson has long possessed an excellent one-time shot and has 41 of his 105 goals on the man advantage. Olofsson's signing helps fill holes Colorado had by losing Jonathan Drouin to free agency and trading Miles Wood, though the return of captain Gabriel Landeskog fills one of those. Landeskog made a stirring return to the Avs' lineup for the 2025 playoffs and scored in a 4-0 Game 4 win over Dallas after missing two full seasons and most of 2024-25 due to a serious knee injury. While Olofsson was a solid fit last season for the Golden Knights on a 50-win, 110-point Pacific Division champion team, they entered this offseason with a clear objective to upgrade on the wing. They did that in a big way by signing Mitch Marner to an eight-year, $96 million contract. Vegas also chose to bring back depth wingers Reilly Smith and Brandon Saad on cheap, one-year deals, so Olofsson was the odd man out. Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle
