Canada's men's sprint story at last month's world track and field championships began with Andre De Grasse injured and ended with the 4x100-metre relay team finishing sixth. Now, heading into a year with no Olympics or world championships, Canada's fastest men are taking a break and slowing down.
An appeal case involving the 2008 Olympic title stripped from Usain Bolt and the Jamaican relay team is going to court in November.
Russia's only reigning athletics world champion said Friday that the country isn't moving fast enough with reforms that could see its doping ban lifted.
Still smarting over a lost race in the men's 5,000 metres at last month's Diamond League final in Zurich, Canadian distance runner Mo Ahmed says there's room for growth after a season of personal bests and national records.
Brandon McBride's rookie season as a professional middle-distance runner, filled with big expectations, stress and success, quickly became a lesson in how to balance academics and athletics.
Usain Bolt says he has no regrets about retiring and is confident his world records can stand for another 15-20 years.
Pole vaulter Alysha Newman clipped the bar on her third and final attempt at 4.85 metres Friday in Brussels after clearing 4.75, and tying her Canadian record set last Sunday. The Canadian managed to deliver a third-place finish in the process.
Canada's Aaron Brown says he'll have redemption on his mind when running the 200 metres in Brussels on Friday (CBCSports.ca, 2 p.m. ET), where the Diamond League Trophy will be awarded to the winner of each of the 16 events along with $50,000 US.
Watch live on Friday at 2 p.m. ET as Canadian athletes Aaron Brown (men's 200) and Alysha Newman (pole vault) compete at the final Diamond League track and field event of the season in Brussels.
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