Doug Harrison

Kylie Masse became Canada's most decorated athlete with her 20th combined medal at short and long course worlds, collecting bronze in the women's 50-metre backstroke.

Swimmer Summer McIntosh, the first Canadian to win three gold medals in a summer or winter Olympic Games, captured the women's 400-metre freestyle in a world record 3:50.25 for her first individual world short course championship gold medal on Tuesday.

Charles Philibert-Thiboutot was hoping to take a serious run at reclaiming his Canadian record in the 3,000 metres at Thursday's Diamond League track and field meet in Zürich, though he isn't certain his body will co-operate.

Alysha Newman is headed to her fourth Diamond League Final in women's pole vault, and first in five years, after nearly matching her Canadian record performance from the recent Paris Olympics to open the Weltklasse Zürich track and field meet on Wednesday.

Fresh off a Canadian record over 3,000 metres, distance runner Moh Ahmed returns to the 5,000 event for Friday's Golden Gala event in Rome, where another strong performance could help him clinch a spot in the 10-man race at the Diamond League Final next month.

Marco Arop, the reigning world 800-metre champion, will run for his first Olympic gold medal on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. ET after grabbing the last spot for the eight-man final in Saint-Denis, France.

On Friday, Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., will compete in a shot put final at the Olympics after securing a berth on her opening throw of Thursday's qualification round in Saint-Denis, France.

World champion Marco Arop is a step closer to his goal of running for his first Olympic medal in the men's 800 metres. The Edmonton athlete was second in his heat Wednesday, stopping the clock in one minute 45.74 seconds.

Canadian record holder Alysha Newman, in her third Summer Games appearance, will compete in a women's Olympic pole vault final for the first time. Newman cleared 4.55 metres on Monday in Paris to qualify for Wednesday's showdown at 1 p.m. ET.

Divers Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray captured Canada's second bronze medal at the Paris Olympics on Monday. They scored 422.13 points behind China (490.35) and Great Britain (463.44) in the men's 10-metre synchro platform final.

Andre De Grasse fell short of his third victory of the outdoor season in the 100 metres but did run a season-best 10.00 seconds to match the entry standard for the Paris Olympics at Tuesday’s Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.

Rowan Hamilton of Chilliwack, B.C., threw a personal-best 77.18 metres for the University of California to win the men's hammer throw at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Ore.

Charles Philibert-Thiboutot and Jean-Simon Desgagnés will be among four athletes representing Canada at Stockholm Diamond League. Their objectives will differ Sunday, with Philibert-Thiboutot focused on race tactics and Desgagnés aiming for the Olympic qualifying standard.

Travis Murao calls it "crunch time" and his favourite time of the year. The wheelchair rugby player and several of his Canadian teammates are feeling the excitement, stress and other emotions with the start of the Paris Paralympics in 100 days on Aug. 28.

Canada's Aaron Brown, fresh off capturing a silver medal behind the United States at World Relays, will make his outdoor season debut in the 200 metres against three of his teammates from Florida-based Star Athletics on Friday at a Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar.

Longtime Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown believes all athletes in an Olympic final, not only the winner, should be paid thousands of dollars by World Athletics when the best in track and field gather this summer in Paris.

The Paris Olympics in July will be the last for Canada's Maggie Mac Neil, who says she has "accomplished more than I ever wanted in swimming." She wants to defend 100-metre butterfly gold and lower the world record held by Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden.

After setting two Canadian records in as many races, Edmonton runner and reigning 800-metre world champion Marco Arop has ended in his indoor season to focus on training for an outdoor campaign he hopes will include earning his first Olympic medal.

Ben Flanagan of Kitchener, Ont., set a personal best of 13:04.62 indoors on Friday in Boston to meet the automatic entry standard in the men's 5,000 metres for the Paris Olympics this summer. The next day, Marco Arop lowered his indoor Canadian record in the 800.

Running with two tight hamstrings and a cramp in her right calf late in Sunday’s Houston Marathon, Natasha Wodak knew her Paris Olympic dream had probably ended. The Vancouver resident missed the automatic qualifying time by nearly two minutes.