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Thursday, March 06, 2008
OTTAWA – Athletics Canada’s IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships team is ready to take on the very best in the world in Valencia, Spain beginning Friday March 7. 159 nations will be represented in Valencia making this the largest World Indoor Championships in history.
Eight athletes will be striving for the podium in Spain with six of them having competed at the 2007 World Outdoor Championships in Osaka, Japan.
How they fared in Osaka
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Dylan Armstrong from Kamloops, BC qualified for the final and finished 9th in the men’s shot put with a throw of 20.23 metres
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Tyler Christopher from Edmonton won his 400 metres heat, finished 3rd in his semi-final and 6th overall in a time of 44.71 seconds
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Nicole Forrester of Aurora, ON finished in 14th in the women’s high jump with a performance of 1.85 metres
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Priscilla Lopes-Schliep from Whitby, ON did not advance from heat 1 crossing the line in 12.94 seconds in the 100 metre hurdles
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Hilary Stellingwerff from Guelph, ON qualified for the 1500 metres semi-finals by finishing 5th in her heat but would not advance past the semis crossing the line in 6th place in 4 minutes and 15.99 seconds
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Angela Whyte from Edmonton was 2nd in her heat and semi-final and finished 8th overall with a time of 12.66 seconds in the 100 metre hurdles.
Canadian competition schedule
|
Name |
Competition schedule** |
Event |
|
Dylan Armstrong |
March 7 / 10:00 / Qualification
March 7 / 18:30 / Final*
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Shot put |
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Tyler Christopher |
March 7 / 18:55 / Heats
March 8 / 19:00 / Semis*
March 9 / 16:35 / Final*
|
400 metres |
|
Nicole Forrester |
March 8 / 11:25 / Qualification
March 9 / 17:25/ Final*
|
High jump |
|
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep |
March 8 / 10:25 / Heats
March 8 / 18:10 / Semis*
March 8 / 20:15 / Final*
|
60 metre hurdles |
|
Mike Mason |
March 7 / 10:00 / Qualification
March 8 / 17:00 / Final*
|
High jump |
|
Megan Metcalfe |
March 7 / 10:15 / Heats
March 8 / 17:00 / Final*
|
3000 metres |
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Hilary Stellingwerff |
March 8 / 12:30 / Heats
March 9 / 18:25 / Final*
|
1500 metres |
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Angela Whyte |
March 8 / 10:25 / Heats
March 8 / 18:10 / Semis*
March 8 / 20:15 / Final* |
60 metre hurdles |
*Must qualify to advance
**Schedule is in Valencia time (6+ hours from Eastern Standard Time)
Athletics Canada’s World Indoor Championships page features the complete schedule of events, all time Canadian medalists at the championships as well as some newly added elements such as athlete bios and the provisional entry list.
The World Indoors is the largest global event in sport, following only the Olympic Games and the World Outdoor Athletics Championships.
Athletics Canada is the national sport governing body for the sport of track and field, cross-country running, road running and road racing.
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