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Positive signs for Edmonton’s Donovan Bailey Invitational

Saturday, June 16th, 2012

Yohan Blake (Erik Van Leeuwen, Wikimedia Commons)

The city of Edmonton put on a fantastic show Saturday for the Donovan Bailey Invitational. Unable to show off the city last year due to poor weather, many elite athletes were able to show off their skills at Edmonton’s Foote Field today.

Among the high quality athletes who performed in Edmonton Saturday were 100m champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica, who at 22 years of age, is set to give Olympic champion and fellow countryman Usain Bolt a definite run for his money in the most popular event at the Olympic Games. Blake ran 10.05 seconds Saturday, obviously not good enough to win Olympic Gold, but strong enough to win the most significant international track and field event on Canadian soil this year.

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Weekend Sports Preview–June 2-3–Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Playoffs, Track & Field, IndyCar & French Open

Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

Dylan Armstrong (Wilson Wong, Wikimedia Commons)

This weekend is a big tuneup for Canadian Olympic medal hopeful Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, British Columbia. The reigning Diamond League Champion is set to compete in the 2012 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon (Saturday, NBC, 1pm) , a major track and field event in Armstrong’s preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in  London.

Armstrong will also be competing this weekend against a very deep field–reigning Olympic Gold medallist Tomasz Majewski of Poland, and Americans Ryan Whiting (World Indoor Champion), Christian Cantwell (2009 World Champion) and Reese Hoffa (2007 World Champion). Hoffa has the seasonal best throw of 21.73m.

Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:

Saturday–ATP–French Open Tennis– Men’s Third Round–(13) Juan Monaco–ARG vs. (19) Milos Raonic–CAN–9am–TSN–For the first time in his career, Canadian Milos Raonic has advanced past the first round of the French Open. In his win Thursday, Raonic defeated American Jesse Levine 6-4, 7-5, 6-2. Levine, a native of Ottawa, has publicly stated he considers himself 100% American, making him a present day Greg Rusedski (represented Great Britain despite being born in Montreal), as a player that turned away completely from his Canadian roots. Monaco will be the slight favourite due to his experience on the clay. He has been on the ATP Tour now since 2004 and the clay is his best surface.

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Armstrong triumphant again

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Dylan Armstrong (Wilson Wong, Wikimedia Commons)

Canada and the United States have something in common.

We each have an outstanding athlete with the last name of Armstrong. They have the old cyclist named Lance. We have the shot putter who is close to Olympic glory named Dylan.

On the weekend, Dylan Armstrong of  Kamloops, British Columbia won a Diamond League competition in Birmingham, England, by posting a throw of 21.55 meters. The 2008 Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski of Poland finished second with a throw of 20.9 meters, while the 2009 World Champion Christian Cantwell of the United States finished third with a throw of 20.86 meters.

Armstrong has won three of the four Diamond League competitions in 2011. He won in Rome and Doha earlier in the year. Cantwell won the only other Diamond League competition in Lucerne, Switzerland on June 30.

Armstrong leads the Diamond League Standings with 12 points. Cantwell and Majewski are tied for second with five points. Armstrong’s throw of 22.21 meters at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Calgary on June 25 continues to be a world best for all shot putters in 2011.

The next competition is in Monaco on July 22. The World Track and Field Championships in men’s shot put goes at 4am Mountain Time on September 2 from Daegu, South Korea.

In the men’s 100m dash, Asafa Powell of Jamaica had a time of 9.91 seconds to beat countryman Nesta Carter by 0.02 seconds.

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Armstrong wins in Rome

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Dylan Armstrong (Wilson Wong, Wikimedia Commons)

With the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London just over a year away, Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, British Columbia is starting to become the face of not only just the Canadian Track and Field team, but the entire Canadian Olympic team as well.

Armstrong, 30, won the men’s shotput competition at the Samsung DL Golden Gala event in Rome, Italy, today, with a throw of 21.60 metres.

The throw was 0.4 metres further than Tomasz Majewski of Poland, the Polish Olympic Gold medallist.

Reese Hoffa of the United States, who won the World Championship in 2007 in Osaka, Japan won bronze with a throw of 21.13 metres.

American Christian Cantwell, the Olympic silver medallist and 2009 World Champion in Berlin, Germany, was the only other shot putter to throw over 21 metres, as he threw 21.09m.

Armstrong set a personal best and World seasonal best for 2011, by throwing 21. 72 metres to win an event earlier this year in San Diego. Armstrong also leads the 2011 World Diamond League Shot Put standings, as he won an event earlier this month in Doha, Qatar.

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