Canada’s Brown seventh in world 200 metres; Arop, Ahmed advance to finals

EUGENE, Ore. — Canada’s Aaron Brown says he plans to maintain chasing that elusive particular person medal.

The 30-year-old from Toronto completed seventh in a scorching 200 metres on the world monitor and subject championships on Thursday. He was eighth within the 100 earlier within the meet. 

“Upset, I am damage, but it surely’s a part of the sport proper? Generally issues do not prove your method,” Brown stated. “You simply need to preserve digging, preserve combating and preserve going again to the drafting board, determine what to do to be prepared for the subsequent second.”

The 30-year-old from Toronto ran 20.18 seconds.

American Noah Lyles ran a blistering 19.31 — the quickest time on the planet this season — to crush a subject lacking Canada’s Olympic champion Andre De Grasse. De Grasse, who stated he is nonetheless not 100 per cent after battling COVID-19, withdrew after struggling within the 100.

Lyles, who completed runner-up to De Grasse on the Tokyo Olympics, let loose an enormous roar after he crossed the road, then grabbed the neck of his bodysuit with two fingers and ripped it down the entrance. 

Brown has climbed the worldwide podium quite a few instances with Canada’s 4×100 relay, together with silver finally summer season’s Tokyo Olympics. And whereas he is raced in quite a few worldwide finals, and captured a Diamond League win this season on the British Grand Prix, his silver on the 2018 Commonwealth Video games is his one main particular person top-three end result.

“I’ve received the relay with my guys (which begins with Friday’s heats), I at all times love operating for my nation with the boys, see if we are able to add one other medal to the rely,” he stated. “However I am actually hungry for that particular person medal. And I’ll preserve going to the drafting board and let these moments fill me.”

People swept the 200 podium with Kenny Bednarek taking the silver in 19.77, and Erriyon Knighton ending third (19.80).

Canada’s Marco Arop simply booked his berth in Saturday’s 800-metre last. The 23-year-old from Edmonton ran one minute 45.12 seconds for the second quickest time of Thursday’s semifinals. 

“The objective was to simply get into the ultimate after which take it from there,” Arop stated.

Arop, who’s No. 3 on the planet this yr, ran with the pack by means of the primary lap, pulling into the lead with about 250 metres to go. He was nipped on the end line by Algeria’s Slimane Moula.

“I simply stayed affected person early on, noticed a gap and took it,” Arop stated. “Moula has an incredible end, I’ve seen him run like that each one yr. So, I feel a part of me was form of anticipating him to come back on the finish, however so long as it is simply him, I am okay.” 

And Moh Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., superior to the ultimate of the 5,000. 

Ahmed, the Olympic silver medallist within the occasion, set a quick tempo from the entrance for a lot of the race earlier than crossing fifth in 13:15.17. He was additionally fifth quickest on the evening. 

Ahmed’s technique in pushing the tempo was to get rid of some runners from the slower warmth earlier than his. 

“I do not know who received eradicated or who did not, however there have been some huge names at that seventh spot within the (earlier warmth), and I assumed . . .  may as nicely knock ’em out,” he stated. “So, that is what I wished to do.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed July 21, 2022. 

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