Thumbs up to Canada at WC

just a small correction...CBC's coverage is on from 8-10pm local time every night.

thanks fletch, you are right

LETS GO GARY!!!

I'm very proud of Tawa Dortch concerning her semi. She essentially needed to run a second faster than her PB to gain entry to the final and lead until the final straight, before fading (although still running her best ever time). Kind of reminded me of Alan Webb's attempt at stealing the 1500. Pure guts, great excitement and bodes very well for the future.

Edmonton can lay claim to 4 athletes at the worlds: Tawa, TC, Tim B and one of the other female sprint hurdlers. Out of curiousity, can any other city match that?

go back to tnfnorth HHH. u suck

I just spoke to Gary Reed after his 800m semi. He seemed really, really relaxed and very happy to be in the final. His coach told him to stay patient, he told us. "The race played in my favor," he said.

Then, while reporters will still interviewing him, a Canadian team staff member took a cell phone call from Gary's coach, then shouted over us and said that Gary had to go. He was standing there about three minutes with us and that's all we got. Wish I could have provided more coverage for the guy...

David Monti

Race Results Weekly

Helsinki, Finland

Tim B may train in edmonton, but his coach lives just north of saskatoon.

HHH you fag. Nice pet names you have for all your fantasy edmonton athletes.

Sask wrote:

Tim B may train in edmonton, but his coach lives just north of saskatoon.

i call b.s. no one lives north of saskatoon.

The other hurdler, who you can not name (unbelievably), is Angela Whyte. She was 6th at last year's Olympics; the top female Canadian finisher in any track event.

Yes, apologies and thanks. Suppose I could have looked that up.

WP wrote:

The other hurdler, who you can not name (unbelievably), is Angela Whyte. She was 6th at last year's Olympics; the top female Canadian finisher in any track event.

Why, because I asked a question?

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go back to tnfnorth HHH. u suck

I would hardly call using someone's firstname or their initials a pet name! But there you go, if you are that insecure about your sexual orientation and it makes you feel better to call me a fag than that's fine.

Cando.. wrote:

HHH you fag. Nice pet names you have for all your fantasy edmonton athletes.

Nice bronze in the 400m by Tyler Christopher as well. Canadian records in the 400m and 800m ( Gary Reed ) today. Not too shabby.

Canada are easy the best state of the championships. Why are they so good in distance, is there a program set up, or is there musch support after college? Are they brought along slower in HS than US kids, so better chance in college and after?

For me yesterday was Canada Day here at the Helsinki World Championships. The weather was better and even that reminded me of my roots in Northern Ontario.

First, I met with two Canadian marathon stars of the past after not having seen them since I moved south over 40 years ago.

Gordon Dickson was 3rd in the Boston Marathon and 3rd in the Pan Am Games in 1959. Ron Wallingford ran Boston many times coming 3rd in 1964. Both held the Canadian record and both led the Canadian all-time list. Our chat brought back many fond memories and led to pleasant dreams of the past last night

After our reunion, I was off to the stadium to see a Canadian earn a SILVER MEDAL plus two Canadian records broken and 2 runners qualify for finals. WOW!

Yesterday was even more fun for me than usual at the World Championships.

I congratulate Canada´s World Championship Team.

I guess I was thinking of my team mate Bill Crother and his silver medal in the 800 in 1964. Naturally, I meant that a Canadian earned a bronze medal yesterday. Sorry for the Senior moment.

I have to say the CBC coverage of worlds has been spectacular so far. It is the first time I've seen such complete, knowledable coverage of our sport, and yet they kept it relatively exciting for even non-track fan viewers.