Canada at the 2023 World Athletics Championships

[NearPup 3,496]

18 minutes ago, Josh said:

So a dream World Championships for us so far, four golds and two silvers with only the men's 5000m and women's 4x400m to come. Newman and Lovett not making their respective finals (men's high jump/women's pole vault) were a bit disappointing, but both were in horrific form so it wasn't really surprising. Was hoping for Wodak to reach the OQS in the women's marathon, and for Warner to win gold in the decathlon, but both weren't able to do it. No words for our men's 4x100m disaster... 

 

Hopefully, this will give us some momentum heading into Paris 2024.

I think it’s a good sign that we can have our men’s sprint team have a huge underperformance and… we still have by far our best worlds ever. Canada has real depth in athletics now.

Edited August 26, 2023 by NearPup

[orangeman 2,285]

Mo Ahmed 7th in the 5000m.  Honestly looked better in the 10k, but still a good effort.  

[james89 898]

Just now, orangeman said:

Mo Ahmed 7th in the 5000m.  Honestly looked better in the 10k, but still a good effort.  

I literally just watched the last lap and it looked like he got boxed in when he was trying to make a move.

[orangeman 2,285]

2 minutes ago, james89 said:

I literally just watched the last lap and it looked like he got boxed in when he was trying to make a move.

He had a chance to go for bronze down the straight but didn't have it in him.  Not going after him, just saying he wasn't boxed in at that point.  

[Surlympics 1,191]

10 minutes ago, james89 said:

I literally just watched the last lap and it looked like he got boxed in when he was trying to make a move.

Yeah he got boxed in by the ethiopian down the stretch when he tried to pass him on the inside 

[james89 898]

The 4x400m relay has finished 4th so many times that there has to be something big coming for them in Paris.

[orangeman 2,285]

5 minutes ago, james89 said:

The 4x400m relay has finished 4th so many times that there has to be something big coming for them in Paris.

Gotta wonder if Sage Watson was there if she could have pushed them over the top.  But then again, everyone was lucky that the Americans weren't in the final.  

[orangeman 2,285]

6 minutes ago, james89 said:

The 4x400m relay has finished 4th so many times that there has to be something big coming for them in Paris.

If finishing 4th resulted in Canadians getting medals their next time out, we'd be on top of the medal table all the time. 

[NearPup 3,496]

Who here predicted Canada would be second on the medal table?

[George_D 1,473]

Canada 2nd place in medals table! Also i hope better next year if De Grasse is in form, and for the 4X100m men team