Doug Harrison

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee-West on Tuesday withdrew from the elite men’s road race, scheduled for this Sunday at the road world championships in Montreal, after hurting himself in a recent competition.

Rory Linkletter is the first Canadian to run a half marathon under one hour, achieving the feat on a cool Sunday morning in Houston with a 59-minute 49-second clocking to beat former record holder Cam Levins by 69 seconds.

Toronto native Josh Liendo set a short-course world record in the men's 100-metre butterfly Thursday in the third and final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.

Back in the spring, Ben Flanagan was thinking of a 2:08, 2:09 finish in his debut marathon. However, the Kitchener, Ont., athlete's priorities for Sunday's Toronto Waterfront event shifted after a shorter build while recovering from a partially torn labrum in his left hip joint.

Canadian long-distance runner Rory Linkletter clocked a personal-best time to finish ninth in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

At the 47th Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Rory Linkletter will target Cam Levins's 2:05:36 Canadian and North American record when he starts his 42.2-kilometre journey at 8:30 a.m. ET.

The spotlight remained on Mary Jibb during Tuesday's races at the Para swimming world championships as the 18-year-old from Bracebridge, Ont., took down another of Stephanie Dixon's national records, this time in the women's 100-metre butterfly S9 final.

Moh Ahmed has been undergoing an intense injury rehab the past five weeks, his coach says, to prepare for two events at his seventh World Athletics Championships.

Two Canadian athletes say the rollout of the SRY gene test ahead of the World Athletics Championships in September has been a mess and has caused a lot of unnecessary stress to them, Athletics Canada and others to figure out how to get tested.

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, who says she's close to regaining her 2021 Olympic running form after nearly retiring last summer, will attempt to qualify for this year’s World Athletics Championships in the 1,500 and 5,000 metres this week at the Canadian championships in Ottawa.