On Thursday Athletics Canada introduced a workforce of 13 athletes who will compete on the inaugural World Athletics Street Working Championships in Riga, Latvia on Sept. 30–amongst them, Canadian marathon and half-marathon report holder Cam Levins, who will race the half-marathon. (Levins introduced he’ll contest the New York Metropolis Marathon on Nov. 5.) The occasion will embrace the highway mile, 5K and half-marathon distances; a mass-participation highway race for most of the people can be scheduled.
Athletics Canada introduced right now the workforce of 13 athletes who will don the maple leaf within the Latvian capital September 30 within the highway mile, 5 km and half marathon 🇨🇦https://t.co/imI3UV61Hb
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) August 31, 2023
The occasion, which replaces the World Half Marathon Championships, falls between the World Athletics Championships and the Pan American Video games, to be held Oct. 20 to Nov. 5 in Santiago, Chile.
Beside Levins, the workforce consists of, amongst others, Canadian report holders Regan Yee (who will contest the highway mile) and Ben Flanagan (within the 5K), plus Sasha Gollish and Justin Kent within the half-marathon. All 4 not too long ago competed in Budapest, together with Kieran Lumb, Briana Scott and Julie-Anne Staehli.
Group Canada
Right here is the entire listing of athletes who will journey to Riga:
| Athlete | Occasion | Hometown | Membership | Coach | Department |
| Grace Featherstonhaugh | Street Mile – Girls | New Westminster, BC | Oregon State College/Royal Metropolis Monitor & Subject | Louie Quintana | British Columbia |
| Regan Yee* | Street Mile – Girls | South Hazelton, BC | Below Armour | Stephen Haas | British Columbia |
| Kieran Lumb* | Street Mile – Males | Vancouver, BC | Vancouver Thunderbirds | Andy Powell | British Columbia |
| Robert Heppenstall | Street Mile – Males | Hamilton, ON | Monte Cristo | Phil Metal | Ontario |
| Briana Scott* | 5km – Girls | Vancouver, BC | Mile2Marathon | Richard Lee | British Columbia |
| Julie-Anne Staehli* | 5km – Girls | Lucknow, ON | Group New Steadiness Boston | Mark Coogan | Ontario |
| Ben Flanagan* | 5km – Males | Ann Arbor, ON | Very Good Monitor Membership | Ron Warhurst | Ontario |
| Thomas Fafard | 5km – Males | Repentigny, QC | CAUL | Félix-Antoine Lapointe | Quebec |
| Branna MacDougall | Half Marathon – Girls | Glenburnie, ON | Physikult | Steve Boyd | Ontario |
| Sasha Gollish* | Half Marathon – Girls | Toronto, ON | Royal Metropolis AT | Terry Radchenko | Ontario |
| Cam Levins | Half Marathon – Males | Black Creek, BC | Unattached | Jim Finlayson | British Columbia |
| Justin Kent* | Half Marathon – Males | Burnaby, BC | Coastal Monitor Membership | Richard Lee | British Columbia |
| Phil Parrot-Migas | Half Marathon – Males | London, ON | London Western Monitor and Subject Membership | Dave Mills | Ontario |
* Competed on the 2023 World Athletics Championships
