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World Athletics extends invitation to 6 extra Canadian athletes


On Sunday, World Athletics prolonged invites to 6 Canadian athletes to be part of the beforehand chosen group of fifty to compete on the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The ultimate Canadian group will comprise 56 athletes, consisting of 30 girls and 26 males—two extra athletes than had been despatched to final yr’s world championships in Eugene, Oregon.

The extra six athletes are headlined by Canadian 5,000m champion Briana Scott and NCAA 800m runner Abdullahi Hassan, each making their world championship debuts of their respective occasions. Additionally added to the group are 2016 Olympian Erin Teschuk (W 5,000m), U Sports activities Athlete of the Yr Mark Bujnowski (M shot put), Kate Present of Port Hope, Ont. (W 1,500m) and Grace Tennant of Lincoln, Ont. (W shot put).

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Kate Present within the girls’s 1,500m on the 2023 Canadian Monitor and Discipline Championships in Langley, B.C. Photograph: Muad Issa (@muadems)

Though these six athletes didn’t meet the world championship commonplace, World Athletics has prolonged an invite to them primarily based on their world rankings and performances at main meets.

Canada is coming off a profitable efficiency on the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Ore., the place they received 4 medals: one gold, two silver and one bronze. Notably, Canada is the reigning world champion within the males’s 4x100m relay, defeating the highly effective U.S. group on their dwelling turf final July. The quartet of Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Jerome Blake are desirous to defend their title in Budapest.

Right here’s is up to date Group Canada lineup:

Athlete Occasion Hometown Membership Coach
Aaron BROWN M200m / M4x100m Toronto, ON Star Athletics/Phoenix Athletics Dennis Mitchell
Abdullahi HASSAN M800m Scarborough, ON Phoenix Athletics Michael Bryne
Adam KEENAN M Hammer Throw Victoria, BC Athletics Victoria Sheldan Gmitroski
Aiyanna Stiverne W4x400m Laval, QC Dynamique de Laval Ronald Morency
Alysha NEWMAN W Pole Vault Delaware, ON Bolton Pole Vault Doug Wooden
Andre DE GRASSE M200m / M4x100m Markham, ON The Velocity Academy John Coughlin
Anicka NEWELL W Pole Vault Saskatoon, SK Undertaking Athletics Brookelyn Dickson
Ben PREISNER M Marathon Milton, ON Mile2Marathon Richard Lee
Benjamin FLANAGAN M5000m Ann Arbor, MI Very Good Monitor Membership Ron Warhurst
Bismark Boateng M4x100m Toronto, ON Unattached – ON Charles Allen
Bolade Ajomale M4x100m Richmond Hill, ON Flying Angels Charles Allen
Brendon RODNEY M100m / M200m / M4x100m Brampton, ON Sprintec Maurice Wilson
Briana SCOTT W5000m Vancouver, BC Mile2Marathon Richard Lee
Brooke OVERHOLT W400mH St. Marys, ON London Legion Monitor & Discipline Alliance Justin Byron
Camryn ROGERS W Hammer Throw Richmond, BC Kajaks TFC Mo Saatara
Ceili MCCABE W3000mSC Vancouver, BC West Virginia College Sean Cleary
Charles PHILIBERT-THIBOUTOT M1500m Quebec, QC Membership d’athlétisme de l’Université Laval Felix-Antoine Lapointe
Damian WARNER M Decathlon London, ON London Western Monitor and Discipline Membership Gar Leyshon
Django LOVETT M Excessive Soar Toronto, ON Unattached – ON Jeff Huntoon
Duan Asemota M4x100m Ajax, ON The Velocity Academy Charles Allen
Erin TESCHUK W5000m Toronto, ON New Stability/Group Ontario Andrew Carlson
Ethan KATZBERG M Hammer Throw Nanaimo, BC Kamloops Monitor & Discipline Membership Dylan Armstrong
Evan DUNFEE M20kmRW / M35kmRW Richmond, BC Race Stroll West Gerry Dragomir
Grace Konrad W400m / W4x400m Edmonton, AB Capital Metropolis Monitor Membership Rob Fisher
Grace TENNANT W Shot Put Caistor Centre, ON SISU Throws Richard Parkinson
Jazz SHUKLA W800m Toronto, ON Royal Metropolis Athletics Membership Terry Radchenko
Jean-Simon DESGAGNÉS M3000mSC Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, QC Membership d’athlétisme de l’Université Laval Felix-Antoine Lapointe
Jerome Blake M100m / M4x100m Kelowna, BC OAC Dennis Mitchell
Jillian WEIR W Hammer Throw  Kingston, ON Unattached Larry Steinke
Julie-Anne STAEHLI W5000m Lucknow, ON Group New Stability Boston Mark Coogan
Justin KENT M Marathon Burnaby, BC Coastal Monitor Membership Richard Lee
Kate CURRENT W1500m Coburg, ON London Western Monitor and Discipline Membership Man Schultz
Khamica BINGHAM W100m Brampton, ON Brampton Monitor Membership Damar Forbes
Kieran LUMB M1500m Vancouver, BC Vancouver Thunderbirds Andy Powell
Kyra CONSTANTINE W400m / W4x400m Brampton, ON Empire Athletics Gary Evans
Lucia STAFFORD W1500m Toronto, ON Royal Metropolis Athletics Membership Terry Radchenko
Madeleine KELLY W800m Pembroke, ON Royal Metropolis Athletics Membership Terry Radchenko
Madeline Worth W4x400m Toronto, ON Unattached Mark Mueller
Malachi Murray M4x100m Edmonton, AB Capital Metropolis Monitor Membership Rob Fisher
Marco AROP M800m Edmonton, AB Operating Room Athletics Membership Ron Thompson
Mariam ABDUL-RASHID W100mH Oshawa, ON The Velocity Academy Anthony McCleary
Mark BUJNOWSKI M Shot Put Mount Brydges, ON London Western Monitor and Discipline Membership Sylvia Kontra
Micha Powell W4x400m Montreal, QC Impartial Bob Westman
Michelle HARRISON W100mH Saskatoon, SK Saskatoon Monitor & Discipline Membership Jason Reindl
Mohammed AHMED M5000m / M10,000m St.Catherines, ON Nike Bowerman Monitor Membership Jerry Schumacher
Natasha WODAK W Marathon Vancouver, BC Prairie Inn Harriers Trent Stellingwerff
Pierce LEPAGE M Decathlon Whitby, ON Unattached – ON Gregory Portnoy
Regan YEE W3000mSC Hazelton, BC Beneath Armour Stephen Haas
Rory LINKLETTER M Marathon Calgary, AB Puma Ryan Corridor
Rowan HAMILTON M Hammer Throw  Chilliwack, BC Kajaks Monitor & Discipline Membership Garrett Collier
Sarah MITTON W Shot Put North York, ON SISU Throws Richard Parkinson
Sasha GOLLISH W Marathon Toronto, ON Royal Metropolis Athletics Membership Terry Radchenko
Savannah SUTHERLAND W400mH Borden, SK College of Michigan Steve Rajewsky
Simone PLOURDE W1500m Montreal, QC Nike Union Athletics Membership Kyle Kepler
Zoe Sherar W4x400m Toronto, ON Royal Metropolis Athletics Membership Jason  Kerr

The 2023 World Athletics Championships will happen on the Nationwide Athletics Centre Discipline in Budapest., from Aug 19-27.



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