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Even if Andre De Grasse isn’t in the finest of shape right now, this week’s attention will be on the six-time Olympic medalist as he competes in the Canadian track and field championships. The Olympic champion will compete in front of his home crowd for the first time since winning the 200-meter Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020, which he missed due to Covid. The four-day championships, which begin on Thursday, July 27, at the McLeod Athletics Park in Langley and serve as tryouts for the World Championships scheduled for Budapest, have him as its main attraction. Along with Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, Aaron Brown, De Grasse will be one of Canada’s shining attractions during the parade.
Since experiencing “right groin tightness” following his sixth-place finish behind South Africa’s Akani Simbine at the Diamond League race in Lausanne, Canada’s most decorated summer Olympian hasn’t competed. He had to leave the Stockholm Bauhaus-Galan out of caution due to the discomfort. He has resumed training and is anticipated to qualify for Budapest in the 100- or 200-meter dash as well as the 4×100-meter relay team. The 28-year-old hasn’t run faster than ten seconds this year; his top time is still 10.21 from Florida in April. He ran a season-best 20.33 for the 200 meters in the Oslo Diamond League. However, the sprinter’s new coach, Irishman John Coghlan, with whom he started working in November, is unconcerned that the sprinter has not yet reached his “peak shape.”
He has occasionally caught folks off guard when they assumed he wasn’t going to cause any major disruptions and then appears just when they need him. In an interview, Coghlan described his athlete who won the 200-meter gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 as having “you think he’s a little off the pace and then shows up in Tokyo and runs 19.6.”He can turn on [his performance] with such tremendous ease. He has the mindset of a victor. Although I believe that his mental performance is exceptional, I believe that people only see his incredible physical ability.
Aaron Brown is a different sprinter to watch out for at the Trials. The Eugene relay world champion, who also advanced to the men’s dash finals, finished fifth in the 100-meter event at the seventh Diamond League stop in Stockholm. He has four podium results in six attempts over the 200-meter distance this season. The men’s 800m should be Marco Arop’s particular race as he won the bronze medal in the world championships. Prior to competing in his third World Championships, he recently finished third in the same event at the Diamond League in Monaco.
Damian Warner, the current Olympic gold medalist, is another man who deserves to be in the spotlight in Langley. In preparation for the world, he will take part in a few events at the Canadian competition. The Tokyo Olympics star, who withdrew from the global championships last year due to a hamstring issue, is looking for his third podium result at the world championships. Mohammed Ahmed, who won silver in the 5,000 meters at the Olympics and was nominated to Canada’s provisional team for the world championships in February, will not compete in the Trials. He has qualified for the 5000 and 10,000 meters, and it is anticipated that he will compete in both races in Budapest.
On AthleticsCanada.TV, the Canadian Track & Field Championships will be shown live. The event will take place from July 27 through July 30.
(All timings in Pacific standard time, UTC/GMT -7)
Track day 1- 27 July
400m men qualifying- 9:55
100m men qualifying- 10:55
100m women qualifying- 11:35
800m men qualifying- 16:35
800m women qualifying- 17:05
5000m men final- 20:50
5000m women’s final- 21:10
28 July– Track Day 2
400m men’s semi-final- 16:00
400m women’s semi-final- 16:15
100m men semi-final- 16:50
100m women’s semi-final- 17:03
800m men semi-final- 18:15
Women semi-final- 18:30
100m men final- 19:45
100m women’s final- 19:50
29 July– Track Day 3
200m men qualifying- 16:05
200m women qualifying- 16:50
400m men final- 20:16
400m women final- 20:21
800m men final- 20:26
800m women’s final- 20:34
30 July– Track Day 4
200m men semi-final- 10:38
200m women’s semi-final- 10:53
200m men final- 12:41 200m women final- 12:48
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