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Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Canadian sprinters shine at NACAC track & field championships in The Bahamas
Thirty Canadian track and field athletes travelled to The Bahamas to compete at the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) championships from Friday through Sunday. The Canadian squad includes 17 Olympians and 19 athletes who have competed at the world championships. For some athletes, this meet will serve as a tune-up for the world championships. For others, it's their final chance to hit the automatic qualifying standard or to improve their spot in the world rankings, which is another way to get into the worlds. Team Canada started the NACAC Championships off with a strong silver medal performance by Tatiana Aholou in the women's 100-metre hurdles (13.01). Canada's sprinters come through Sprinter Jerome Blake, who won the Olympic men's 4x100m gold in Paris last summer alongside Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse, took home gold in the men's 100m at the NACAC championships. Blake crossed the line in a personal best time of 9.95. Not to be outdone by his relay teammate, Aaron Brown also powered through to gold in the men's 200m with a time of 20.27. Blake and De Grasse (9.98) are the only Canadians who have achieved the men's 100m world championship qualifying time of 10 seconds flat. Blake and Brown have met the 200m standard of 20.16, while De Grasse will likely get in by way of his world ranking. The men's 4x100 team qualified in May at the World Athletics Relays, where they took bronze behind South Africa and the United States. Adding to the medal count Team Canada's throwers came to play as well picking up two bronze medals. London, Ontario native Julia Tunks launched the discus 56.78 metres to claim bronze along with Jillian Weir who threw 69.08 metres in the women's hammer throw to win bronze. Canada's middle distance athletes shone bright at the NACAC championships as well. Lucia Stafford took home bronze in the women's 1500m (4:11.11). On the men's side, Canada went 1 and 2 with Foster Malleck taking gold (3:37.54) and Charles Philibert-Thiboutot finishing close behind in second (3:40.57). Nova Scotia's Sarah Mitton who took silver at the 2023 outdoor worlds before capturing back-to-back indoor world titles will look to add to Canada's medal count on Sunday evening as she competes in the women's shot put.
CBC
4 days ago
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian sprinters shine at NACAC track & field championships in The Bahamas
Thirty Canadian track and field athletes travelled to The Bahamas to compete at the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) championships from Friday through Sunday. The Canadian squad includes 17 Olympians and 19 athletes who have competed at the world championships. For some athletes, this meet will serve as a tune-up for the world championships. For others, it's their final chance to hit the automatic qualifying standard or to improve their spot in the world rankings, which is another way to get into the worlds. Team Canada started the NACAC Championships off with a strong silver medal performance by Tatiana Aholou in the women's 100-metre hurdles (13.01). Canada's sprinters come through Sprinter Jerome Blake, who won the Olympic men's 4x100m gold in Paris last summer alongside Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse, took home gold in the men's 100m at the NACAC championships. Blake crossed the line in a personal best time of 9.95. Not to be outdone by his relay teammate, Aaron Brown also powered through to gold in the men's 200m with a time of 20.27. Camryn Rogers wins women's hammer throw at Diamond League event in Poland Blake and De Grasse (9.98) are the only Canadians who have achieved the men's 100m world championship qualifying time of 10 seconds flat. Blake and Brown have met the 200m standard of 20.16, while De Grasse will likely get in by way of his world ranking. The men's 4x100 team qualified in May at the World Athletics Relays, where they took bronze behind South Africa and the United States. Adding to the medal count Canada's middle distance athletes shone bright at the NACAC championships as well. Lucia Stafford took home bronze in the women's 1500m (4:11.11). On the men's side, Canada went 1 and 2 with Foster Malleck taking gold (3:37.54) and Charles Philibert-Thiboutot finishing close behind in second (3:40.57). Nova Scotia's Sarah Mitton who took silver at the 2023 outdoor worlds before capturing back-to-back indoor world titles will look to add to Canada's medal count on Sunday evening as she competes in the women's shot put.
CBC
7 days ago
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- CBC
Jerome Blake on becoming the fastest man in Canada ahead of Tokyo 2025
Hosts Perdita Felicien and Aaron Brown are joined by Jerome Blake to discuss his impressive season heading into the World Championships in September.
Globe and Mail
06-08-2025
- Sport
- Globe and Mail
Jerome Blake enjoying the ‘slow cook' of becoming Canada's fastest man
Jerome Blake's rise to becoming Canada's fastest man this season has been a matter of 'slow cooking.' The sprinter from Kelowna, B.C., has enjoyed a career year, in which he's added another layer with his first national title on Sunday in Ottawa. Blake, who turns 30 on Aug. 18, set a new meet record with a time of 19.95 seconds, the first time he's gone sub-20 seconds across 200 metres. He also went sub-10 seconds in the 100 for the first time in his career on June 21, running 9.97 in Germany. Blake, who was disqualified for a false start in the 100 semis at the Canadian track and field championships, also owns a win over 2023 world bronze medalist in the 100, Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, on July 15 in Italy. 'What a lot of people don't seem to understand is, yeah, I'm turning 30, but in theory, I've only been training for five or six years as a professional,' Blake said. 'Because before that I was running club track. And club track is like, you start in October, you finish in July or early August and that's it. 'Most of the time during club track, I would only train three days a week, two days a week. The rest of the time I'm spending on a film set or doing model shoots, so I never really took it very serious.' Jerome Blake sets national championship record in men's 200 title win Blake's move to Florida in 2020 to work with famed coach Dennis Mitchell turned things around. 'Moving to Florida really gave me an experience,' Blake said. 'Going training with Dennis Mitchell and [understanding] that there's a different level of training and understanding that it's going to take more than just two days a week training. 'And now, I'm in a place where I'm very happy, and I understand the type of work we need to do to get to where I need to get. I call it ... slow cooking. It's been good.' Much of Blake's time in the limelight until this year has come from his contributions to the Canadian men's 4x100 relay team that won world championship gold in 2022 and Olympic gold in 2024 alongside Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney. He joined the quartet in 2019, with the other three having been together since 2015. Blake says a change of environment and good health have helped him put together the season he has had. He's currently in his second season training with coaches Ryan Freckleton, Ryan Thomas and Rana Reider in Florida. 'As an athlete, you need to be in an environment where you're wanted, seen, understood, right? For instance, my previous coach was a tremendous coach. ... But in a sense, it wasn't the right environment for me,' he said. 'Sprinting is one of those things where you start relearning smaller details, your body doesn't move the same, you don't recruit the same muscles as you used to with the previous coach, you don't do things the same way anymore. So for me, it took a while for that to click and then now, I'm finding it's working for me.' Winning a national title was 'a bit of a hump' to get over for Blake. He says he's learned to be patient and not rush his races, adding that 'wanting to win can sometimes mess with you.' Noah Lyles shoved by Kenny Bednarek after Lyles' 200-metre win at U.S. nationals Blake has qualified for the 100 and 200 at the upcoming world championships in September in Tokyo. He isn't placing any pressure on himself when visualizing that moment in time. 'The aim is to make the finals. And once you're in the finals, then you go from there,' he said. 'It's not to put pressure on myself to go out there and say, I have to do anything. But for me, it's just one run at a time, one race at a time, and just take it from there. 'I'm not going to allow the fact that I've run nine seconds and 19 seconds force me to think that I must do anything because that's not how sports work. It's one of those things where anything can happen in a day.' But that's not to say he doesn't think there's room to grow. 'After the race, re-watching the tape and just seeing there's so much more room there to go faster because I made so many mistakes (at nationals),' he said.
CTV News
05-08-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Canadian Olympic track and field sprinter Jerome Blake on breaking 200-metre record
Video Jerome Blake discusses breaking the Canadian track and field championship record, running 19.95 to win the men's 200-metre title.
