Audrey Leduc of Gatineau, Quebec, made Canadian sports history on Saturday, clocking a time of 10.96 seconds in the women’s 100-meter dash at the Louisiana State University Alumni Gold Meet in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In winning the silver medal, Leduc ran the fastest time ever run by a Canadian woman in the distance, beating the 2024 Olympic Games standard time of 11.07 seconds, according to Doug Harrison of CBC Sports.
Aleia Hobbs of the USA won gold in Baton Rouge with a time of 10.88 seconds. Celera Barnes of the USA won the bronze medal with a time of 11.10 seconds. Leduc reached the podium with a lead of 0.18 seconds. Mikiah Brisco of the USA took fourth place with a time of 11.14 seconds.
The old Canadian record belonged to the late Angela Bailey of Toronto, Ontario. She accomplished the feat with a time of 10.98 seconds at the Budapest Grand Prix on July 6, 1987. Bailey was a Canadian Olympic silver medalist. She shared the silver medal in the women’s 4×100 meters at the 1987 Olympic Games with Marita Payne and Angella Taylor-Issajenko of Toronto and France Gareau of Verner, Ontario. 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
The world record in the women’s 100m belongs to the late Florence Griffith Joyner of the USA, who clocked a time of 10.49 seconds. She achieved this feat at the 1988 US Olympic Trials. The silver medal will give Leduc confidence as she prepares for the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris.
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