Two days after being disqualified from the nationwide 100m ultimate in Ottawa, Kelowna’s Jerome Blake discovered redemption within the 200m. Blake stormed to a Canadian championship document time of 19.95 seconds (+1.6 m/s), changing into simply the fourth Canadian ever to interrupt the 20-second barrier over 200 metres.
The victory marked Blake’s first senior nationwide title, and with it, he formally secured his place on Group Canada for each the 100m and 200m on the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo this September. The earlier Canadian championship document of 19.96 seconds was set by Brendon Rodney in 2016.
Blake, 29, wasn’t stunned by the point. “The way in which my season and coaching have gone, I knew I had a sub-20 in me,” he stated post-race. “I simply needed to be affected person.”
That persistence was examined after a heartbreaking disqualification from Friday’s 100m semi-finals for a false begin. Blake had entered nationals with hopes of finishing the 100/200 double, and though the primary half of that dream ended abruptly, he credited his psychological power and help staff for serving to him reset and deal with Sunday’s race.
Blake is having fun with a career-best season in 2025—breaking 10 seconds within the 100m for the primary time and now going sub-20 within the 200m. Simply final month, he shocked the athletics world by defeating Olympic 200m champion Letsile tebogo at a meet in Italy.
Ending second was Canadian dash veteran Aaron Brownwho clocked a season’s finest 20.08 seconds, incomes him the world championship entry commonplace (20.16). Brown, 33, shall be making his seventh world championship look for Canada. Eliezer Adjibi of Ottawa rounded out the rostrum with a private better of 20.60 seconds.
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Jerome Blake eyes 100m title at Canadian championships this weekend
