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CBC
23-05-2025
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Watch Canada's Newman, Morales Williams compete in Rabat Diamond League
2025 World Athletics Wanda Diamond League: Rabat Live in 2 days Click on the video player above to watch live action from the Diamond League track and field meet in Rabat, Morocco. Coverage begins on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. Canada is sending two competitors to this Diamond League stop – Alysha Newman in the women's pole vault and Christopher Morales-Williams in the men's 400-metres. Rabat is the second event of the outdoor season for Newman. The Delaware, Ont., native finished eighth at last week's meet in new Doha, Qatar. That event was won by Great Britain's Molly Caudery, the only competitor to successfully clear 4.75 metres. Morales-Williams owns a personal best of 44.50 seconds in the 400, and comes into the event ranked 18th in the world. The 20-year-old runner from Maple., Ont., be up against top stars like Quincy Hall of the U.S., and Botswana's Bayapo Ndori, who have world rankings of third and seventh, respectively. Watch all the action from every Diamond League event this season on and CBC Gem. Click here for the full broadcast schedule. There may only be two Canadians in Rabat, but there's no shortage of international stars. That includes the reigning Olympic champion in the men's 200m, Letsile Tobogo. The Botswanan won the stop in Doha with a season-best time of 20.10 seconds. This time around Tobogo be running in the men's 100m against South Africa's Akani Simbini, who has a season's best of 9.90 in the distance. Dutch runner Femke Bol opens her 400m hurdles season in Morocco. The reigning world champion makes her season debut with the No. 1-ranking for the first time in her career. Also in action will be the world No. 1 ranked Kenyans Beatrice Chebet (women's 3,000m) and Emmanuel Wanyonyi (men's 800m).
CBC
16-05-2025
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- CBC
Aaron Brown finishes 4th in 200m at Doha Diamond League
Social Sharing A pair of Canadian athletes opened their Diamond League track and field seasons at the series stop in Doha, Qatar, on Friday. 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). WATCH | Brown falls short of top-3 spot: Tebogo of Botswana takes 200-metre Doha Diamond League Doha event, Canada's Brown 4th 21 minutes ago Duration 2:14 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: Canadian 4x100-metre men finish 3rd at World Athletics Relay final 5 days ago Duration 5:45 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. WATCH | Alysha Newman opens up about life lessons: Alysha Newman opens up: Olympic bronze, life lessons, and more 4 months ago Duration 22:23 CBC Sports' Anastasia Bucsis chats with Alysha Newman about life after Olympic bronze and what's next.
