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OTTAWA — Canada pulled out out of next weeks Pan American Race Walking Cup in Ecuador due to concerns about COVID-19, erasing the final international opportunity Mathieu Bilodeau had to qualify for . . .

OTTAWA — Canada pulled out out of next weeks Pan American Race Walking Cup in Ecuador due to concerns about COVID-19, erasing the final international opportunity Mathieu Bilodeau had to qualify for . . .

Canada latest nation to withdraw from World Athletics Relays due to COVID-19 Monday, 26 April 2021 Athletics Canada has confirmed its withdrawal from the 2021 World Athletics Relays, with it being the latest nation to pull out of the event in Chorzów in Poland. Scheduled to take place on May 1 and 2, Canada joins Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Australia in missing the event, while the United States reportedly has also withdrawn, but USA Track and Field has not confirmed this. Athletics Cana...

Lori Ewing April 25, 2021 - 9:26 AM Athletics Canada faces another huge challenge in getting its relay teams to the starting line at the Tokyo Olympics this summer. After the global pandemic erased most of the 2020 season, Canada had pinned its qualifying hopes on next weeks World Athletics Relays in Silesia, Poland, but announced Saturday night it was withdrawing due to surging COVID-19 cases in that country. Canada, which won bronze in the mens 4x100-metre relay at...

April 24, 2021 - 8:18 PM OTTAWA - Athletics Canada will not send a team to the World Athletics Relays next month in Poland because of COVID-19 concerns. The organization says the decision to skip the key Olympic qualifier was made in light of the COVID-19 situation in Poland, Canada and around the world. The relay squad has been in Baton Rouge, La., over the past week for a training camp. The only Canadian team guaranteed to be on the start line in Tokyo is the women’s 4x40...

Canada, which won bronze in the mens 4x100-metre relay at the Rio Games, has only qualified the womens 4x400 for Tokyo. That was by virtue of its eighth-place finish at the 2019 world championships in Doha, Qatar. "Though showing signs of improvement, Poland is reporting a very high level of COVID-19 and travellers are strongly encouraged to avoid all non-essential travel in and out of Poland, even those who are fully vaccinated," Simon Nathan, Athletics Canadas high performance director, said ...

B.C. travel restrictions could be a major road block for track and field athletes Canadas Melissa Bishop after crossing the finish line after a Womens 800m heat during the World Athletics Championships in London on August 10, 2017. Some of Canadas top track and field athletes face another potential road block in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tim Ireland April 21, 2021 - 8:12 AM BURNABY, B.C. - Some of Canadas top track and field athlete...

BURNABY, B.C. — Some of Canadas top track and field athletes face another potential road block in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Because of surging COVID-19 cases in B.C., athletes from out . . .

Olympics·100 DAYS TO TOKYO Summer Olympics will be different from anything we have seen before The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to open in 100 days on July 23. But instead of a global spectacle, these Games will be all about restrictions and protocols to protect the health and safety of athletes and those around them. Social Sharing