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What to watch this weekend in international sports
What to watch this weekend in international sports

CBC

time4 days ago

  • Entertainment
  • CBC

What to watch this weekend in international sports

Here are some things for Canadian fans to keep an eye on: Most of Canada's top track and field stars, including some Olympic and world champions, are in action this weekend across three different global meets. The Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia features Olympic 4x100m gold medallists Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown competing against each other in the men's short sprints group, while 800 world champion and Olympic silver medallist Marco Arop tries to improve on his back-to-back second-place finishes in the men's short distance division. For those who need a refresher on how Grand Slam Track works, athletes race against their peers in two different distances over the course of a weekend and earn points based on where they finish. Whoever ends up with the most points in each eight-person group wins the top prize of $100,000 US. The first two Grand Slam meets, in Jamaica and Miami, took place over three days, but the Philly meet was condensed to two to make it more fan friendly. In the men's short sprints, De Grasse and Brown will try to take down American Kenny Bednarek, who's undefeated in four Grand Slam races this season. Brown is making his Slam debut, while De Grasse finished eighth in the 100m and fourth in the 200m in Miami. In Philly, they'll race the 200 on Saturday at 5:07 p.m. ET and the 100 on Sunday at 5:22 p.m. ET. Arop finished second in his group in Jamaica and Miami, winning the 800m at both meets but failing to crack the top five in the 1,500m — a distance he'd raced just twice in his career before this season. Arop's competition this weekend includes Olympic 1,500m champion Cole Hocker of the U.S. and Britain's Josh Kerr and American Yared Nuguse, who joined Hocker on the podium in Paris. They'll do the 800m on Saturday at 4:57 p.m. ET and the 1,500 on Sunday at 5:01 p.m. ET. You can watch the entire Grand Slam meet live on and GEM Gem on Saturday from 4-7 p.m. ET and Sunday from 3-6 p.m. ET. Here's the full schedule and startlists and here's more on the Canadians racing in Philly. Also on Saturday and Sunday, Canada's top two decathletes will compete in one of their sport's most prestigious events as 2021 Olympic gold medallist Damian Warner and 2023 world champion Pierce LePage face off at the Hypo Meeting in Austria. Warner, the defending champ, is trying for his record-extending ninth victory at the Hypo. LePage took the title from him in 2023, then defeated Warner at the world championships a few months later to become the first Canadian ever to win a decathlon world title. Hopes for another 1-2 finish by the Canadians at last year's Olympics were dashed when a back injury ended LePage's season. Then Warner shockingly fouled out in the pole vault in Paris to end his bid for a second straight Olympic gold. Now, they're both trying to put their rough 2024 behind them. Meanwhile, Canada's his-and-hers Olympic hammer throw gold medallists Camryn Rogers and Ethan Katzberg will both be competing at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya. Rogers' competition includes three-time Olympic champ Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland. Watch the meet, which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series, live on Saturday from 9-11 a.m. ET. You can stay up to speed with everything going on in Canadian track and field by watching CBC Sports' new show Trackside with hosts Perdita Felicien and Aaron Brown. This week's guests include Marco Arop. Watch the full episode here. Other Canadians to watch this weekend * Unfortunately, there are no Canadians to watch at the French Open anymore after 18-year-old Victoria Mboko's impressive Grand Slam debut ended with a third-round loss to Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng of China today. Mboko was the only Canadian remaining in the singles draws at the clay-court major, and there are no Canadians left in doubles either. Gabriela Dabrowski withdrew before the start of the women's doubles tournament, where she and her New Zealander teammate Erin Routliffe were seeded No. 1. * Road cyclist Derek Gee ranks fourth in the overall chase at the prestigious Giro d'Italia with two stages left. He trails leader Isaac del Toro of Mexico by almost 2½ minutes, but Gee should be able to secure his best-ever finish in a grand tour after placing 22nd in his Giro debut in 2023 and ninth in his first Tour de France last year. * Canada and the United States are expected to play for the Para hockey world championship for the eighth straight time on Saturday in Buffalo. The Canadians defeated the Czech Republic 3-0 in the semifinals today, while the U.S. faces China this evening. Canada won last year's final in Calgary to snap the Paralympic champion Americans' run of three straight world titles. * The Canadian women's soccer team plays the first of two friendlies against Haiti on Saturday in Winnipeg. It'll be the final national-team appearance for veteran midfielder Desiree Scott, who will be honoured in front of a hometown crowd. * Brooke Henderson headlines the handful of Canadians competing in the U.S. Women's Open, the second (and richest) of the five majors on the LPGA calendar. Meanwhile, Canada's Nick Taylor is near the top of the leaderboard at the Memorial, one of the PGA Tour's lucrative "signature" events. * Olympic beach volleyball silver medallists Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson are playing in a Pro Tour Elite 16 event in the Czech Republic, where they were undefeated through two matches. The elimination rounds take place Saturday and Sunday on and CBC Gem. Here's more on the Canadian duo.

Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse go head-to-head at Grand Slam Track Philadelphia
Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse go head-to-head at Grand Slam Track Philadelphia

CBC

time4 days ago

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  • CBC

Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse go head-to-head at Grand Slam Track Philadelphia

This weekend's Grand Slam Track stop in Philadelphia may be one day shorter, but it will have some extra Canadian content. In addition to series regular Marco Arop, who runs the 800 and 1,500 metres, sprinters Aaron Brown and Andre De Grasse will compete as challengers in the professional track league's men's short sprints group at Philadelphia's Franklin Field beginning on Saturday at 4 p.m ET. The two Canadian 4x100m relay teammates will line up against one another in Saturday's 200m (5:07p.m. ET) and Sunday's 100m (5:22 p.m. ET), an opportunity Brown says he always savours. "It's always great to race with [Andre]. I always get up for it," Brown said. "You know, I'm always excited to run regardless, but anytime he's in the race, you know there's a little added extra motivation, so it's gonna be fun." Brown is anticipating "a lot of friendly banter" among the competitors, since the field includes a pair of his training partners, Americans Kenny Bednarek and Christian Coleman. Grand Slam Track Philadelphia will stream live on and on CBC Gem beginning on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, continuing on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. For a full broadcast schedule of athletics events this season, click here. Bednarek is a racer – meaning he competes at every Grand Slam – and so far, 'Kung Fu Kenny' has been nearly unstoppable. Bednarek has won Slam titles at both the Kingston, Jamaica and Miami events. Coleman joins Brown and De Grasse as challengers in Philadelphia, which are athletes invited on a per-Slam basis. Extra challenger spots opened up due to racers Oblique Seville (injury) and Fred Kerley (suspension) missing this meet. Rounding out the field is racer Zharnel Hughes of Great Britain, and challengers Bryan Levell of Jamaica, American Christian Miller, and Nigeria's Udodi Onwuzurike. Philadelphia marks De Grasse's second Slam competition. The Markham, Ont., native ran to a sixth-place finish at the Miami stop earlier this month, after placing eighth in the 100m and fourth in the 200m. WATCH | De Grasse explains why he's racing in the Grand Slam Track circuit: Andre De Grasse is racing in the Grand Slam Track circuit. Listen to him explain why 30 days ago Duration 0:34 This is Brown's first Slam competition, but the 32-year-old from Toronto has been keeping a keen eye on the fledgling track league – and he likes what he's been seeing. That includes the format, because it not only allows fans to see athletes race more than once at a meet, Brown says it means that when they do race, there's a lot more on the line. "It gives the fans incentive to want to come back and watch again," he says. "You know when you have athletes in the event, you don't want to just have them on the track once and then that's it." The two-race format creates a need to keep fans up to speed with the points system, and Brown believes the league does a good job in presenting that information in the broadcast. He says it also creates a narrative that heightens the drama around the races. "It's not just going out there and racing for no reason, they're actually trying to run for a big prize purse. After the first day it's like 'OK who has what point total, all right what do they need in order to win, where are they gonna finish?" Brown says. "For so long all that mattered was how fast are you going to run, and if they didn't hit record-breaking speeds, people would be like 'oh it wasn't a good race.' "But this gets it back to racing head-to-head and competing, which is what the essence of the sport." Condensed schedule Brown also gives Grand Slam Track top marks for taking constructive criticism and not being afraid to make changes during the season. "So far it feels very athlete focused and I also like how they adapt and listen to feedback," he says. Some of that feedback was on the length of the meet. Originally scheduled to begin on Friday and held over three days, league commissioner Michael Johnson announced on May 15 that the Philadelphia Slam would begin on Saturday and wrap up on Sunday. "A lot of people are saying that three days might be too much, so they shortened it to two for Philly," Brown said. "You know that they're open to making changes on the fly and being in its infancy, they know that they just want to create the best product and I think they're doing a good job and on the right path." The move to a two-day event did result in at least one significant change for the long distance groups. The three-day competition window had allowed for a day of rest for the athletes between their 3,000m and 5,000m events, but now they will compete in a single 3,000m race in Philadelphia. That change also comes with an altered prize pool, with long distance Slam champions taking home $50,000 US instead of the $100,000 previously up for grabs. The final stop of the Grand Slam Track season is in Los Angeles from June 27-29. click here.

De Grasse finishes 2nd in 200m at Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo
De Grasse finishes 2nd in 200m at Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo

Yahoo

time18-05-2025

  • Sport
  • Yahoo

De Grasse finishes 2nd in 200m at Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo

Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse finished 0.05 seconds away from victory in the men's 200-metre final at the World Athletics Continental Tour's Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo. The Markham, Ont., native was held off by 23-year-old American Robert Gregory, who won with a time of 20.24 (wind -2.0 m/s) on Sunday. WATCH l De Grasse edged by Gregory in 200m final: De Grasse, who won Olympic gold in the 200m in 2021, is searching for his second win in the distance this season. The 30-year-old won the event at last month's Florida Relays before finishing fourth in his Grand Slam Track debut earlier this month in Miami. De Grasse's Olympic relay teammate Jerome Blake was also in action in Tokyo. The Kelowna, B.C., native finished last in his heat in the men's 100m with a time of 11.54. Japan's Hiroki Yanagita went on to win the 100 final in 10.06, placing ahead of Americans Christian Miller (10.08) and Christian Coleman (10.11). Tokyo will also host the World Athletics Championship from Sept. 13-21. For more information on athletics events streaming live on CBC Sports this season, click here to see the full broadcast schedule.

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