Russia's suspended athletics federation (RusAF) has been granted a six-month extension to finalize its reinstatement plan before World Athletics decides on potential fresh sanctions or even expulsion, the sport's global governing body said on Saturday.
Laura Muir will be looking to build on a season-best performance while seeking a third consecutive win over 800 metres in her event debut on the Olympic Stadium track at Thursday's Golden Gala Diamond League track and field meet in Rome.
Lindsey Butterworth is back threatening a personal-best time in the 800 metres while inching closer to the 1:59.50 qualifying standard for the Tokyo Olympics next summer. “I know it’s in Lindsey. It’s just a matter of putting things together,” says Canadian record-holder Melissa Bishop-Nriagu.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands broke the rarely run one-hour world record on Friday by covering 18.930 kilometres at the Memorial Van Damme meeting.
Sage Watson, who set a Canadian record in the women's 400-metre hurdles last October, also aspires to winning an Olympic medal and will end her season at Sunday's Diamond League meet in Stockholm (CBCSports.ca, 10 a.m. ET) to begin preparing for the 2021 Games in Tokyo.
Nine months after shattering the Canadian hurdles record, Sage Watson returns to competitive racing outdoors in the 400-metre event at Wednesday's World Athletics Continental Tour stop in Hungary that will be live streamed at CBCSports.ca at 11 a.m. ET.
Matt Hughes is aiming for a personal-best time in the men’s 3,000-metre steeplechase on Friday in Monaco, something the 31-year-old runner hasn't achieved since Aug. 15, 2013, when he set a Canadian record of eight minutes 11.64 seconds in Russia.
Canadian distance runner Moh Ahmed from St. Catharines, Ont., moved down to the 1,500 on — a virtual sprint for the 5 and 10K specialist — and became the fifth-fastest Canadian at that distance.
Canada's Andre De Grasse hasn't slowed down during the COVID-19 hiatus. The 25-year-old from Markham, Ont., ran a fast 9.97 seconds in his 100-metre heat Friday night as part of the Back To The Track Series.
Moh Ahmed shattered his own Canadian record in the 5,000 metres at the Portland Intersquad Meet. The 29-year-old from St. Catharines Ont., won the race in 12 minutes 47.20 seconds, bettering his previous mark of 12:53.16 set last summer in Rome.