Aaron Brown finishes 4th in 200m at Doha Diamond League
Aaron Brown finished fourth in the men's 200-metre event, posting a time of 20.35 seconds.
The race was won by current world No. 1-ranked athlete in the distance, Letsile Tobogo. The Botswanan eased up before the finish line and still managed a season-best time of 20.10, ahead of American Courtney Lindsey (20.11) and Joseph Fahnbulleh of Liberia (20.26).
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Tobogo's previous season-best was 20.23, set at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix in mid April.
Friday's race marked the first 200m event of the season for Brown, who won a bronze-medal as part of Canada's 4x100m team at World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, last weekend.
That team also clinched a spot at this September's world championships in Tokyo.
WATCH | Brown helps Canada to relay bronze in Guangzhou:
Newman 8th in Doha
Alysha Newman, the Olympic women's pole vault bronze medallist at Paris 2024, finished eighth in her first outdoor event of the season.
The Delaware, Ont., native succeeded on her second attempt at 4.48m but was unable to clear 4.63m in three tries.
Newman, who holds the Canadian record of 4.85m, competed in only one indoor event in 2025, finishing second (4.50m) at the World Athletics Indoor Tour meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in February.
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