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Sunday July 25, 2010
Kenya steals the show
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
As the week progressed, the Kenyan runners seemed to become more and more confident.
At Mount Allison University, where the team was staying for the duration of the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships, the lanky Kenyan distance athletes were spotted running around the campus waving their flag.
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Saturday July 24, 2010
Coaches key to future success
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
Although Team Canada has already recorded more top 8 finishes than ever before, Canada will still finish the world juniors at the back of the pack in the medal count.
Canada has never won more than more than three medals at an IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships, and coming into the meet in Moncton, the home team didn't have any athletes ranked in the top three.
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Friday July 23, 2010
Toronto's Brown wins 200m bronze
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
On a day when Canadian athletes seemed to struggle, Toronto's Aaron Brown gave the Moncton fans something to cheer about at the end of Friday night's action, at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships.
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Friday July 23, 2010
Volunteers go extra mile
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Friday July 23, 2010
Organizers remedy unfair advantage
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Thursday July 22, 2010
Canada on pace for record finish
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
Make that two national records in the span of three days for Genevieve Lalonde.
Moncton's Lalonde continued her relentless assault on the Canadian record book, becoming the first junior-age female in North America to break the 10-minute barrier in the 3,000-metre steeplechase, Thursday night at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton.
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Thursday July 22, 2010
Stewart lands on podium
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
A long jumper from London, Ont., has claimed Canada's first medal of the 2010 IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships -- and it came in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night.
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Tuesday July 20, 2010
Kenya's Masai distance king, Canada's Ahmed 4th
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
Kenya's Dennis Chepkongin Masai was in a class of his own in the 10,000-metre final at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton, on Tuesday night.
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Tuesday July 20, 2010
Getting the most out of Moncton
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
Former Olympian and 1999 Pan-Am Games steeplechase champion J
oël Bourgeois knows a thing or two about training facilities.Tags:
Tuesday July 20, 2010
Moncton's Lalonde thrills crowd at world track meet
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
Moncton's Genevieve Lalonde set a new Canadian junior record in the women's 3,000-metre steeplechase on Tuesday morning.
Lalonde ran 10:03.88, finishing second in her heat, just behind Ethiopia's Bertukan Adama's 10:01.46.
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Monday July 19, 2010
Home track advantage
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
Having the 2010 World Junior Track and Field Championships on homesoil means a lot to 3,000-metre runner Caroline Pfister of Sherbrooke, Que.
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Sunday July 18, 2010
Best foot forward
Posted by Mihira Lakshman
Organizers of the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton are pulling out all stops to ensure they put their best foot forward.
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Friday July 16, 2010
Juniors ready to hit stride in Moncton
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About the Author
Mihira Lakshman
Mihira Lakshman is an avid distance runner and has covered track and field for the CBC, and various other publications, since 2001.
He covered the 2003 Pan-Am Games, as well as several national championships over the past decade. He is also an online editor with Canadian Running magazine.





