Doug Harrison
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NHL, MLB, CFL, NFL, Canada's amateur athletes & anything Road to the Olympics. I cover it all as a CBCSports.ca Sr. writer. Happily married father of two sons.
Joined May 2009
Marco Arop has been nursing a pinky toe issue recently but his coach says the reigning 800m champ is at "98%" health as @WorldAthletics Championships near. @marco_arop @AthleticsCanada @CBCOlympics.#WCHTokyo25.#Tokyo2025. Thursday race recap & more: đź”˝
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Marco Arop will arrive at the World Athletics Championships next month to defend his 800-metre title on the heels of a winless Diamond League season following a third-place performance at the Final...
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RT @CBCOlympics: 'Invasive' gene test by World Athletics causing headaches before world championships
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Two Canadian athletes say the rollout of the SRY gene test ahead of the World Athletics Championships in September has been a mess and has caused a lot of unnecessary stress to them, Athletics Canada...
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RT @CBCOlympics: Arop aims for his 1st Diamond League Trophy before world 800m title defence
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Edmonton 800-metre runner Marco Arop must wait until Monday to learn if he'll race in the Diamond League Final next week in ZĂĽrich. The reigning world champion could get bumped should meet organizers...
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RT @kdonk: Next week, Daryl Watts will be at a Canadian pre-Olympic training camp, working to make the team. Three summers ago, she though….
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The 26-year-old Toronto Sceptres forward is one of 30 players in contention for a spot on the team that will go to Italy.
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RT @CBCOlympics: Canadian runner Marco Arop's status for Diamond League Final up in air until Monday.
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Edmonton 800-metre runner Marco Arop must wait until Monday to learn if he'll race in the Diamond League Final next week in ZĂĽrich. The reigning world champion could get bumped should meet organizers...
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RT @CBCOlympics: Olympic runner Moh Ahmed joins call to cancel Canada's Davis Cup tie with Israel
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Four-time Olympian Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada's Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September.
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This season, Philibert-Thiboutot has been pursuing the 1,500m entry standard for the Sept. 13-21 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo but is outside the top 56 in world rankings quota for selection with the qualifying window closing Aug. 24. @AthleticsCanada @CBCOlympics.
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Philibert-Thiboutot, who is retiring from competitive racing on the track this year, has run a few 5-kilometre races in recent years following his 2018 half marathon debut at the Toronto Waterfront event. @TOwaterfront42k @AthleticsCanada @CBCOlympics.
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Philibert-Thiboutot won the men's race at the Canadian 10-kilometre Road Running Championships in Ottawa on May 24 in a national record 28 minutes 6 seconds. @AthleticsCanada @CBCOlympics.
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Quebec City’s Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, a two-time Olympian on the track in the 1,500 metres, will make his marathon debut at age 34 in New York City on Nov. 2. @nyrr @AthleticsCanada @CBCOlympics
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RT @CBCOlympics: Hungary's Halász avenges Olympic hammer throw loss to Katzberg, beating Canadian on home soil
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Hungarian hammer thrower Bence Halász delivered a personal best and meet record before a home crowd to beat Ethan Katzberg, the reigning Canadian Olympic champion, on a hot and humid Tuesday evening...
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RT @TheTorontoSun: From @longleysunsport: 'I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GETTING BACK': Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez returns from latest ca….
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RT @CBCOlympics: Ethan Katzberg easily wins hammer throw title at Canadian championship đź‘Ź.
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Ethan Katzberg, the reigning Olympic and world champion in men's hammer throw, added another title to his impressive resume with a first-place finish at the Canadian track and field championship in...
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RT @CBCOlympics: After salvaging career, DeBues-Stafford betting on herself to run world 1,500 and 5,000m double
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Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, who says she's close to regaining her 2021 Olympic running form after nearly retiring last summer, will attempt to qualify for this year’s World Athletics Championships in...
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RT @cbcsports: Canadian men upend 6th-ranked Austria in opener at FIBA 3x3 basketball World Cup 🇨🇦 🏀.
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Canada's men nearly matched the women with two wins to open the FIBA 3x3 basketball World Cup but ran out of time Tuesday. However, their lone victory was a big accomplishment, a 22-19 decision over...
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RT @kdonk: Hello from (very warm) Ottawa! It’s PWHL Draft day. My mock draft is up now on @cbcsports: Last week,….
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The 1st overall pick is not as clear cut this season in the PWHL, compared to the last two drafts, when the Minnesota Frost selected Taylor Heise and New York Sirens picked Sarah Fillier. New York...
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RT @CBCOlympics: Camryn Rogers wins women's hammer throw for 2nd Kuortane Games title in 3 years 🥇🇨🇦.
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Camryn Rogers continued her unbeaten week and winning season on Saturday. The Richmond, B.C., hammer thrower captured the women's event in Finland, defeating her friends and Finnish teammates Krista...
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UPDATED | Reaction from Gabriela DeBues-Stafford of 🇨🇦 after 2nd straight 1,500m track win to start season after dealing with injuries the past 2-plus years. @paavonurmigames @CBCOlympics . "I am feeling much more smooth & in control this year.". My story:
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Canadians grabbed a share of the track and field spotlight Tuesday, with hammer thrower Camryn Rogers and middle-distance runner Gabriela DeBues-Stafford winning their competitions at the 68th Paavo...
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RT @CBCOlympics: Hammer thrower Rogers, runner DeBues-Stafford victorious for Canada at Paavo Nurmi Games 🇨🇦
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Canadians grabbed a share of the track and field spotlight Tuesday, with hammer thrower Camryn Rogers and middle-distance runner Gabriela DeBues-Stafford winning their competitions at the 68th Paavo...
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Andre De Grasse even with Aaron Brown head-to-head over 200m in '25 after @BislettGames . De Grasse says he needs to make changes in training. Career 8-5 vs. Brown in 200m @Diamond_League meets. @De6rasse @KingsleySC @CBCOlympics @cbcsports. My story: đź”˝
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Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse drew even with friend and relay teammate Aaron Brown in their second meeting this season over 200 metres at the Bislett Games on Thursday in Oslo. De Grasse finished...
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