Canadian Running on the Decline

Thanks for the message but you forgot Philibert-Thiboutot on 1500m. I think he will have the standars.

Just look at who Canada sent to worlds last year .. plenty of young Mid-D talent

This is the team from Tokyo. CPT didn't qualify, but I've included him in the 4 who have standard for Paris (CPT, Flanagan, Arop, Ahmed).

Melissa Bishop just had another baby.

Re: Budapest. Agree there are a handful of athletes that have shown promise - Lumb, Desgagnés, Shukla and McCabe in particular. But that's still just 4 athletes, many of whom won't be competitive beyond the heats. It also doesn't replace the massive hole of athletes from the Tokyo team (many who were on their second OG team).

Kate Current - 26, not currently in rankings, PB is 5s slower than standard. Exited in heats.

Kieran Lumb - 25, in ranking but does not have standard, PB is 1s slower than standard. Exited in heats.
CPT - 33, has standard. Exited in semis.

J-S Desgagnés - 25, in ranking but does not have standard, PB is 0.5s slower than standard. Made final.

Erin Teschuk - 29, not currently in ranking, PB is 40 s slower than standard. Exited in heats.

Ceili McCabe - 22, in ranking but does not have standard, PB is 5s slower than standard. Exited in heats.

Jazz Shukla - 25, in ranking but does not have standard, PB is ~1s slower than standard. Exited in semis.

Dude... Toronto and Guelph are on the 43rd, and even Ottawa and Montreal well south of the 49th (both on the 45th). You sure you from Canada, eh?

KVB moved on. She just 'won' her first marathon in (a pedestrian time of) 2:37 but who knows could be a second coming.

Gabby Stafford had run a 14:30s 5k a couple years ago but has been injured since.

You left off Ben Flanagan who qualified for 5k, Charles PT, and Kieran (who is in rankings) in 1500s

You also left off Rory Linkletter who's on the marathon team with a 2:08:01. Preisner just barely missed it running 2:08:11 or so.

There are some others who aren't on the list who had great shots of hitting standard but won't make it this year unfortunately (Ill respect their privacy).

And I wouldn't discount our sprinters either.

I'm surprised that anyone stays in the sport if they have to deal with Athletics Canada.

A sad state of affairs in Mooseland. Terry Fox would be disappointed even with those sub-sub-elite runners who are afraid to attempt the training needed to run a sub-3:07 ‘Thon.

Strategic move.

pay Grant Fisher a NHL salary to run for Canada.

Has Olympic standard in 5k and 10k and is a serious medal contender in both events.

This is by design, whatever iteration of the own-the-podium program and mentality we're on now. despite pushback and publicity to broaden funding to mid-tier athletes, and the athlete recruitment programs, the focus is still on a tiny minority of marketable medal contenders.

It was determined for a country of this size in low tier participation sports that a small number of medal winning athletes is more successful at generating interest/revenue than a large number of 20th place finishers.

They took it to the extreme in the 2010-2020 period, and there is a growing movement to find a balance.

It’s sad but I think a lot of athletes in sports like track (and many other Olympic sports) realize the investment of time and years of their life may not be worth the rewards

they are better off getting a job and moving on with their life

if I made a meagre salary, made Olympics or worlds, bowed out in heats, I’d consider that a success and move on my with life - rather than continue to train for future world or Olympic teams

we are in the age of instagram, where this type of success is not valued, and it’s certainly not compensated financially

Didn’t miss anyone. I listed the athletes who made Tokyo - highlighting that most of them have disappeared/aren’t qualified for Paris.

Rory, Ben, Kieran and CPT did not qualify for Tokyo - hence weren’t part of the analysis.

Maybe you guys deserved it because Charles Philibert-Thiboutot got every America kicked off the Sedona track

Funny because NB Boston worked out there yesterday

2:12 and 2:28 to win Canadian Champs in the marathon today. Races won in 2:07 and 2:20. With Valencia still to come, Canadians looking increasingly out of touch with competitive times in the Marathon. Hope Cam can pop another good one soon.

I'm sorry but the reality is Canada does not care about runners.

No one knows who Cam Levins is outside of a handful of people.

No one. Sorry Cam if you read this - you are world class but this is Canada, NHL country.

Canada isn't Ethiopia, Kenya and never will be. Canadians care about beer and the NHL.

They do NOT care about the marathon.

They don't understand running, they don't care to understand running - in fact it is a sport most Canadians probably look down upon and think is for wimps.