The Canadian team won a gold medal in track and field on Friday. However, it wasn’t the gold medal that most expected. Sarah Mitton of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, had a great throw on her third attempt in the women’s shot put, but her score didn’t count because she stepped out of the field. As a result, Mitton finished in 12th place after three throws and did not make it to the final three-throw section of the competition.
The surprise gold medal came in the men’s 4×100 meter relay. The Canadian team consisted of Andre de Grasse from Scarborough, Ontario, Brandon Rodney from Etobicoke, Ontario, Aaron Brown from Toronto, Ontario and Jerome Blake from Burnaby, British Columbia.
The Canadian sprinters, coming from lane nine, posted a winning time of 37.5 seconds. South Africa won the silver medal with a time of 37.57 seconds and Great Britain won the bronze medal with a time of 37.61 seconds. Canada reached the podium by 0.18 seconds ahead of Italy, who finished fourth with a time of 37.68 seconds. You may be wondering what happened to the Americans? Well, once again the Americans were disqualified at a major international event for a botched handoff.
Blake, de Grasse, Rodney and Brown won a silver medal in the men’s 4×100 metres at the 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo 2021. Brown, de Grasse and Rodney were also part of the Canadian team that won bronze in the men’s 4×100 metres at the 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo 2021. 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de JaneiroFor de Grasse, it was already his seventh Olympic medal. In addition to the three relay medals at the last three Olympic Games, he won gold in the men’s 200 meters at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, silver in the men’s 200 meters at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and bronze in the men’s 100 and 200 meters at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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