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Soccer icon @sincy12 honours her late mother in a new animated short film narrated by @VancityReynolds ⚽️
Story: https://t.co/oDE8I1R1JM
Olympians Rory Linkletter & Ben Preisner are the elite Canadian men in the 130th @bostonmarathon on April 20
Last April, Linkletter ran a then-2:07:02 PB in Boston that is now 2:06:49. @ThePapaLinks
This will be Preisner's Boston Marathon debut. He has a 2:08:58 PB. @CBCOlympics
Calgary native Rory Linkletter becomes the first Canadian to break the 1-hour mark in the half marathon, running 59:49 in Houston to set a new national record for the second time in four years.
https://t.co/HwiXLqBEKG
Evan Burke of London, Ont., was top Canadian Saturday, placing 38th in 30 minutes 31 seconds, followed by Xavier Perras-Phaneuf of LaSalle, Que., in 48th (31:05). Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo won his 3rd straight world cross title in 28:18. @Moh_Speed@CBCOlympics@AthleticsCanada
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Ahmed, who stepped off the course after the 3 km mark, noted "the calf is the best it's been" since before he first strained it last July 31 in the men's 5,000-metre final at the Canadian track and field championships in Ottawa. @Moh_Speed@CBCOlympics@AthleticsCanada
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"The hamstring got [quite] stiff coming out of the sandpit and wouldn't let go," the 4-time Canadian Olympic track runner told @cbcsports. "I wanted a good [race] here and came in [as] fit and healthy as I've been in a while." @Moh_Speed@CBCOlympics@AthleticsCanada
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Cramping in Moh Ahmed's right hamstring, not a recurrence of a left calf injury, forced him to exit early from the men’s senior 10 km race at Saturday’s @WorldAthletics Cross-Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida. @Moh_Speed@CBCOlympics@AthleticsCanada
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Olympic track star Moh Ahmed will try to be the 1st Canadian to medal in the men's senior 10 km race at the World Athletics Cross-Country Championships. @Moh_Speed@WorldAthletics
Watch live from Florida at 12:20 pm ET. @cbcsports
Read more on Ahmed: 🔽 https://t.co/dar17QXy7Y
Team Canada names Ceili McCabe & Moh Ahmed as Team Captains for the 2026 World Athletics Cross-Country Championships in Tallahassee, starting tomorrow! 🇨🇦
Live on CBC Gem and https://t.co/KrLgGH3WE9 on Saturday at 9:45 A.M. ET.