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Three athletes added to Canadian workforce for Tokyo 2025

Athletics Canada has introduced the addition of three athletes to the Canadian roster for subsequent week’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Edmonton’s Dianna ProctorOttawa’s Eliezer Adjibi and Jacqueline minor (all beforehand named to Canada’s relay pool) will now additionally compete of their respective particular person occasions. For every of them, this marks a primary look at a senior world championship.

Dianna Proctor of the University of Guelph at the 2025 U Sports
Dianna Proctor of the College of Guelph on the 2025 U Sports activities observe and subject championships. Photograph: Scott Peel (@perspectivebypeel)

At simply 20, Proctor would be the youngest member of Canada’s workforce. The reigning U Sports activities Rookie of the Yr captured a collegiate indoor title within the girls’s 300m throughout her first yr on the College of Guelph. She is ready to race the ladies’s 400m on Sept. 14, earlier than returning as a part of Canada’s 4x400m relay squad on Sept. 20.

Madogo, 25, made her Crew Canada debut on the Paris Olympics final yr, the place she superior to the semi-finals of the ladies’s 200m. She ran private bests in each the heats and repechage to earn her place within the semis, in the end ending seventh. Whereas her 2025 season has been slower to start out, Madogo has a historical past of performing her finest when the stakes are highest. She is going to open her world championship marketing campaign on Sept. 17.

Jacqueline minor
Canada’s Jacqueline Madogo within the heats of the ladies’s 200m at Paris 2024. Photograph: Nick Iwanyshyn

Adjibi enters the championships as Canada’s second-fastest man over 100m this season, behind solely Jerome Blake. The 22-year-old clocked 10.02 seconds on the Bob Vigars Traditional in late June, vaulting himself into the nationwide dash dialog and securing his spot on the workforce. This might be his first time contesting the 100m at a serious championship, after serving as a reserve on Canada’s 4x100m relay squad on the Paris Olympics. He’ll take the blocks on Day 1, Sept. 13.

With 59 athletes set to competeAthletics Canada is sending its largest-ever workforce to a world championship. The competitors runs from Sept. 13 to Sept. 21 at Tokyo’s Nationwide Stadium.

Canadian Operating might be on the bottom in Tokyo with reside protection, outcomes and interviews all through the championships.


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