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The World Athletics Championships have taken off in Oregon and already a few Team Canada athletes have stood out, including Camryn Rogers who stood on the podium on Sunday.
Also, in women’s soccer, Canada will face the United States with an Olympic qualification at stake, two Canadian judokas win a gold medal in Croatia and Hugo Houle came very close to realizing his dream of winning a stage of the Tour de France. .
Here’s what you’ve been missing for the past few days.
World Championships: Camryn Rogers wins Canada’s first medal; Mitton and Levins at the foot of the podium ????
The World Athletics Championships took off in Oregon, USA. Camryn Rogers collected Canada’s first medal by becoming world runner-up in the hammer throw event with a successful attempt of 75.52 metres. She positioned herself on the podium between two Americans, Brooke Andersen (78.96m) and Janee’ Kassanavoid (74.86m).
Rogers thus becomes not only the first Canadian female athlete to win a medal at World Championships in the hammer throw, but she is also the first medalist in Canadian history in a field event.
The other Canadian in the final, Jillian Weir, finished fifth with a throw of 72.41m.
READ: World Athletics Championships: Camryn Rogers vice-world champion
Also on Sunday, in the men’s marathon, Cameron Levins rode the race of his life, crossing the finish line in 4th place in 2 hours 07 minutes 9 seconds, lowering his Canadian record by more than two minutes. This is the highest placing ever by a Canadian male marathoner at the World Championships.
In the 10,000m, Mohammed Ahmed obtained 6th position, thus equaling his results from the Tokyo 2020 Games and the 2019 World Championships. He will take part in the 5,000m in a few days, an event in which he is the silver medalist Olympic Games and bronze medalist at the Worlds.
In the women’s shot put, Sarah Mitton posted the best result in Canadian history in this event at worlds, finishing the event in 4th place. Her best throw of 19.77m tied her for third place with Dutch Jessica Schilder, but the latter won the bronze medal in the tiebreaker as her second-best throw of 19.53m was more far than that of Mitton (19.18 m).
Aaron Brown was the top Canadian in the men’s 100m as he finished eighth in his second straight final in the event at worlds. Andre De Grasse, who recently recovered from COVID-19, did not qualify for the final. He announced that he would not take part in the 200m. Brown will be qualifying on Monday.
Soccer: Canada will meet the United States in the final with an Olympic qualification at stake ➡️ ???????? vs ???????? ✈️ ????????
Team Canada defeated Jamaica 3-0 in the semifinals of the Concacaf Women’s Championship to set the stage for a matchup against arch-rivals USA in the final on Monday.
Against Jamaica, head coach Bev Priestman’s squad quickly took matters into their own hands by scoring in the 18th minute through Jessie Flemming, who scored her third goal of the tournament.
READ: Women’s soccer: Canada take on USA with Olympic qualification at stake
Defender Allysha Chapman, with her second national team goal, and Adriana Leon were the other scorers for the Canadian team in the second half to seal the match. Meanwhile, Kailen Sheridan resisted Jamaica’s rare scoring opportunities to register another shutout in the tournament. Team Canada still hasn’t allowed a goal since the start of the tournament.
In the other semifinal, the United States defeated Costa Rica 3-0. These results mean soccer fans will be treated to a replay of the hotly contested Tokyo 2020 semi-final.
The winner of this match will automatically qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic tournament. Remember that Canada had already qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup by finishing in the top two in its group standings.
Judo: Deguchi and Bauchemin-Pinard cover themselves in gold in Croatia ????
Christa Deguchi and Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard won the gold medal in their respective weight class at the Judo Grand Prix in Zagreb, Croatia.
Deguchi first secured the No. 1 spot in the Under 57kg category with a victory in the final over Georgian Eteri Liparteliani.
READ: Christa Deguchi wins gold at Judo Grand Prix in Zagreb
This is the first podium in more than a year for Deguchi. At her only other tournament this year, the Antalya Grand Slam in April, the Canadian finished fifth
For her part, Beauchemin-Pinard climbed to the top step of the podium in the under 63 kg category. The Canadian benefited in the final from the withdrawal of her opponent, the Venezuelan Anriquelis Barrios, due to an injury. She therefore appeared alone on the tatami to validate the result of the final.
This gold medal marks the second career Grand Prix victory for the Montrealer.
READ: Gold medal for Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard at the Judo Grand Prix in Zagreb
Road cycling: Hugo Houle masterful at the Tour de France ???????? ????
Cyclist Hugo Houle achieved a tour de force in the Tour de France during the 13th stage by signing a historic third position.
In a thrilling three-way finish, 2019 world champion Mads Pedersen of Denmark completed the 193km first ahead of Briton Fred Wright and Houle. In the last meters of the race, the Quebec cyclist found himself a little stuck between his two rivals and could not match the speed of Pederson, who finished well ahead.
Houle was part of a group of seven riders leading the race for more than 140 km. Their lead grew to more than three minutes, but the peloton refused to give them a bigger margin in order to eventually catch up with them. A fall within the peloton however thwarted the plans of the aspiring teams, so that the stage victory would be decided in the breakaway group.
With about ten kilometers to go, the trio launched an attack and broke away from the rest of the group to set the stage for the end of the race at three.
This is the best result for a Quebec cyclist in the history of the Tour de France. Steve Bauer is the only Canadian to win a stage in 1988.
World Games: 4 medals in water skiing
At The World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, Team Canada did well in water skiing competitions with four medals.
Neilly Ross led the Canadian delegation with a gold medal in the women’s water skiing tricks event. Taryn Grant won the silver medal in the women’s jump in water skiing. In the women’s water ski slalom, Jaimee Bull was second while Cole McCormick was third in the men’s water ski slalom.
This sport is on the program of the Pan American Games.
The World Games are an international multi-sport competition providing a competitive opportunity for athletes who play sports and compete in events that are not part of the Olympic program.
Among other Canadian results of notethere are the gold medals of the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams.
READ: FAQ: Multisport Games around the world
