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Aaron Brown won his fifth straight men’s 100-metre national title with a time of 10.08 seconds at the Canadian track and field championships on Friday in Langley, B.C.
Brendon Rodney finished second in the event (10.12), closely followed by fellow Olympians Bismark Boateng (10.17) and Jerome Blake (10.19).
“I’ve had championships go down to the wire and I was used to it and it was the moment I lived for,” Brown said, standing next to his son Kingsley.
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Toronto’s Aaron Brown wins the men’s 100-metre final with a time of 10.08 seconds at the Canadian track and field championships in Langley, B.C., for his sixth career title in the event.
Six-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse failed to qualify for the men’s 100 final.
De Grasse finished ninth among the semifinalists with a time of 10.21 seconds. The reigning Olympic men’s 200m champion and 100m bronze medallist is among the athletes who have not yet met their qualifying standards for next month’s world championships in Hungary.
The 28-year-old from Markham, Ont., will compete in the men’s 200m on Sunday, the same day the qualifying window closes.
“His season is his season and mine is mine,” Brown said. “I know he’ll bounce back. He’s a champion.”
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Andre De Grassse from Markham, Ont., finishes ninth in the men’s 100-metre semifinal with a time of 10.21 seconds at the Canadian track and field championships in Langley, B.C. De Grasse fails to reach the final and doesn’t meet the qualifying standard for next month’s world championships in Hungary.
Damian Warner — the reigning Olympic champion in the decathlon — failed to qualify for the men’s 400 after missing the cut in the preliminary round.
He competed earlier in the discus, placing sixth, and will take part in the hurdles on Saturday.
Khamica Bingham won the women’s 100 final with a time of 11.25 seconds.
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Khamica Bingham of Brampton, Ont., wins the women’s 100-metre final with a time of 11.25 seconds at the Canadian track and field championships in Langley, B.C.
Rogers sets hammer throw record
Richmond, B.C., native Camryn Rogers won the women’s hammer throw event setting a Canadian championship record with a throw of 77.43 metres.
“After this, I’m even more excited — if that’s possible — than before for worlds,” she said.
Rogers — who won silver at the 2022 world championships and whose personal best is 78.62 — said she is now aiming for the 80 mark.
“We have a lot of energy, we have a lot of really good things happening in the throws right now and it’s about putting it together,” Rogers said.
Nicole Ostertag won the women’s heptathlon with 6019 points, edging out Georgia Ellenwood of Langley, B.C., by 18.
“It’s been a tough couple of days. I was lucky to have Georgia to compete against,” Ostertag said.
“Competing against Georgia was an amazing experience. She had a lot of people rooting for her here and I wanted to use that as fuel for myself.”
De Grasse, Brown, Blake and Rodney will get their upgraded Tokyo Olympic silver medals Saturday at the Canadian national trials in a medal reallocation ceremony.
The group had initially earned bronze in the men’s 4×100 relay at the Tokyo Games two years ago.
However, an official upgrade came in May 2022 following the disqualification of the British team due to a doping violation by team member CJ Ujah.
The men’s 4×100 team is also preparing to defend its title at worlds in Budapest, Hungary.
“We won gold last year, why aim lower?” Brown said.
