By Abdulhamid Ibrahim
Athletics Canada coach Glenroy Gilbert had to coach the team through Zoom having contracted the virus himself recently.all that’s happened, continuity and team chemistry has become the name of the game for the Canadian squad.
Led by Donovan Bailey, Canada won 4×100 gold at the 1995 and 1997 world championships. That team included Gilbert himself.The Edmonton native earned his first world championship medal with a bronze on Saturday. For the 23-year-old, ranked fourth in the world, it was a full circle moment. The bronze medal-effort did not come without a scare, as Arop had to hold off surging fourth-place finisher Emmanuel Wonyonyi of Kenya.
Arop, who ran 1:44.28, started out the race steadily before getting tied up with Wonyonyi early in the race.And that he did. Arop took the lead around the 200-metre mark and managed to hold onto it for much of the way.“Once I took the lead, I knew I had to make a move early otherwise Korir and Sedjati were gonna come. I knew they could close hard. I made sure I made that move early take some people out of the race.
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