"Marco Arop is a world champion.
The 24-year-old Edmonton native ran to the gold medal in the men's 800 metres on Saturday at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Sitting at the back of the pack midway through the race, Arop made a move to the outside around the 500m mark and took the lead with about 300m to the line.
Arop, who earned world bronze a year ago, finished in one minute 44.24 seconds on a humid Saturday evening.
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the former under-20 world champion who was fastest in heats and set the pace in the semifinals, was second in 1:44.53, followed by Ben Pattison of Great Britain (1:44.83)."