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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 4x400-metre relay team that placed eighth at the 2019 world track and field championships in Doha, Qatar...

Canada, which won bronze in the men's 4x100-metre relay at the Rio Games, has only qualified the women's 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 Canada's high performance director, said in a statement. "Most of the Canadian team is not vaccinated, neither are most of the people who ...

B.C. travel restrictions could be a major road block for track and field athletes Canada's Melissa Bishop after crossing the finish line after a Women's 800m heat during the World Athletics Championships in London on August 10, 2017. Some of Canada's 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 Canada's top track and field athletes face another potential road block in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Because of surging COV...

BURNABY, B.C. — Some of Canada's 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 . . .

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