Athletics underway tomorrow at the 2012 Olympic Games
Thursday, August 02, 2012
London, UK - Athletics begins in a big way tomorrow morning
at the 2012 Olympic Games with nine Canadians in action. Leading the way on day one is Dylan Armstrong
of Kamloops, B.C., who has been clear on his intentions; he’s looking for
nothing less than a podium finish after narrowly missing doing so at the 2008
Games.
Armstrong enters the Olympic competition ranked seventh in
the world. His club teammate Justin
Rodhe will compete alongside him in the shot.
Shot put qualifying takes place in the morning session while the final
is set to go during tomorrow’s evening session.
Brianne Theisen of Humbolt, Sask., and Jessica Zelinka of
London, Ont., get underway in day one of the two-day seven event heptathlon. Day one sees the pair compete in the
100-metre hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200-metres. Zelinka’s score of 6599 points at the
Canadian Trials established a new Canadian record and puts her fourth in the
world entering the Olympic competition.
Jim Steacy of Lethbridge, Alta., competes in hammer throw
qualifying looking to qualify for Sunday’s final. The Canadian record holder is one of seven
Olympic veterans on the 45 athlete team.
He finished 10th at the Beijing Games with a performance of
75.72-metres.
Nathan Brannen of Cambridge, Ont., will race in the first
round of the 1500-metres. Brannen set
his personal best of 3:34.22 earlier this season and has never been healthier
or fitter. In Beijing he qualified for
the semi-final where he placed 9th and did not advance to the final. He’s aiming to get there this time around.
Canadian track and
field athletes in action on day 1
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Name
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Event
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Local time
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Eastern time
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Dylan Armstrong / Justin Rodhe
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Shot put qualification
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10:00
|
05:00
|
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Brianne Theisen / Jessica Zelinka
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Heptathlon - 100mH
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10:05
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05:05
|
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Kerri-Ann Mitchell
|
100m
|
10:40
|
05:40
|
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Brianne Theisen / Jessica Zelinka
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Heptathlon - high jump
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11:15
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06:15
|
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Jim Steacy
|
Hammer throw qualification group A
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11:20
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06:20
|
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Jenna Martin
|
400m round 1
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12:00
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06:00
|
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Jim Steacy
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Hammer throw qualification group B
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12:45
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06:45
|
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Alex Genest
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3000m SC round 1
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13:00
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07:00
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Brianne Theisen / Jessica Zelinka
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Heptathlon - shot put
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19:00
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14:00
|
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Kerri-Ann Mitchell
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100m round 2*
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19:05
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14:05
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Nate Brannen
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1500m round 1
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20:05
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15:05
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Dylan Armstrong / Justin Rodhe
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Shot put FINAL*
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20:30
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15:30
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Brianne Theisen / Jessica Zelinka
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Heptathlon - 200m
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20:45
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15:45
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*Pending qualification
At the 2008 Olympic Games the Canadian athletics team came
away with five top 8 finishes good for a country ranking of 16th overall. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep won bronze in the
100-metre hurdles, Dylan Armstrong and Gary Reed finished fourth in the shot
put and 800-metres respectively. Jessica
Zelinka was fifth in the heptathlon and the men’s 4x100-metres relay team
placed sixth.
For the latest news, schedule and results visit www.london2012.athletics.ca. The web home of the 2012 Canadian Olympic
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