The 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships are set to start on Friday in Belgrade, Serbia, marking the primary time in 4 years that the indoor championship might be held–after its cancellation in 2020 as a result of pandemic. There might be 13 particular person athletes and one relay crew competing for Group Canada in Belgrade throughout the three-day competitors. Right here is your information to who’s competing and when to observe.
Canadian medal threats
Damian Warner
The reigning Olympic decathlon champion, Damian Warner, might be after his first World Indoor title, ending second to Kevin Mayer of France 4 years in the past in Birmingham. Warner will compete within the heptathlon, consisting of seven indoor occasions (4 on day one, three on day two). This time round, Mayer received’t be round to defend his title in Belgrade, as he’s coping with an ongoing Achilles damage.
Though Mayer might be lacking from the competitors, the 32-year-old Olympic champion from London, Ont., could have his palms full with two up-and-coming athletes: Garrett Scantling from the U.S. and Olympic bronze medallist Ash Moloney from Australia. Warner has had a quiet begin to 2022, moreover operating a 7.63 within the 60m hurdles, solely 0.01 seconds shy of his private greatest.
Warner’s indoor championship bid will get underway within the 60m on Friday morning at 9:55 a.m. native time (4:55 a.m. ET), with the ultimate occasion (the 1,000m) going down on Saturday afternoon at 7:30 p.m. native time (2:30 p.m. ET).
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford
At the moment sitting fifth within the World Athletics rankings over the three,000m, Toronto native and Bowerman Monitor Membership member Gabriela DeBues-Stafford will hope to proceed her record-breaking season in Belgrade. DeBues-Stafford has had a exceptional indoor season, breaking the Canadian indoor 3,000m and 5,000m data in back-to-back weekends. In Serbia, she might be amongst these contending for a medal within the girls’s 3,000m, which can get underway on Friday at 8:30 p.m. native time (3:30 p.m. ET).
DeBues-Stafford might be up in opposition to some stiff competitors, as Ethiopia has loved dominance on this occasion over the previous 20 years, successful eight of the previous 9 girls’s 3,000m titles at these championships. The Ethiopian trio of Dawit Seyaum, Ejgayehu Taye and Lemlem Hailu have all run underneath 8:30, with Seyaum and Taye each doing so this indoor season. Debues-Stafford has dominated North American competitors this indoor season however hasn’t but confronted the elite-level competitors of the Kenyan and Ethiopian contingent.
Marco Arop
The 23-year-old 800m runner made his presence on the world stage final summer season, selecting up three straight podium finishes on the Diamond League after the Tokyo Olympics. Now, Arop is the top-ranked runner on the planet heading into these championships, and Kenya’s Olympic gold and silver medallists Ferguson Rotich and Emmanuel Korir might be lacking from the sector. Elliot Giles of the U.Okay. and Bryce Hoppel of the U.S. would be the favourites, each undefeated on this 2022 indoor season.
The boys’s 800m heats will get underway on Friday at 1:00 p.m. native time (8:00 a.m. ET) with the ultimate going down Saturday afternoon.
You may catch all of the motion surrounding the 2022 World Indoor Championships on CBC Sports activities or on-line through the CBC Gem app. There may even be stay protection of the championship aired on the World Athletics YouTube web page.
World Indoor Championship schedule
Friday, March 18
Morning:
Girls’s 1,500m (heats) – Lucia Stafford (7:30 a.m. ET)
Males’s 800m (heats) – Marco Arop (8:00 a.m. ET)
Males’s 3,000m (heats) – Ehab El-Sandali (8:30 a.m. ET)
Night:
Girls’s 3,000m (remaining) – Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Julie-Anne Staehli (3:30 p.m. ET)
Saturday, March 19
Morning:
Girls’s 60m hurdles (heats) – Michelle Harrison (5:00 a.m. ET)
Males’s 60m (heats) – Bolade Ajomale (5:45 a.m. ET)
Girls’s 800m (heats) – Madeleine Kelly, Lindsey Butterworth (6:30 a.m. ET)
Males’s 1,500m (heats) – Cameron Proceviat (7:15 a.m. ET)
Night:
Males’s 800m (remaining) – Marco Arop (*) (2:00 p.m. ET)
Males’s Heptathlon (remaining) – Damian Warner (2:30 p.m. ET)
Girls’s 1,500m (remaining) – Lucia Stafford (*) (3:30 p.m. ET)
Girls’s 60m hurdles (remaining) – Michelle Harrison (*) (4:00 p.m. ET)
Males’s 60m (remaining) – Bolade Ajomale (*) (4:15 p.m. ET)
Sunday, March 20
Morning:
Girls’s 4x400m relay (heats) – Group Canada (6:00 a.m. ET)
Males’s 3,000m (remaining) – Ehab El-Sandali (*) (7:00 a.m. ET)
Night:
Girls’s 800m (remaining) – Madeleine Kelly (*), Lindsey Butterworth (*) (1:00 p.m. ET)
Males’s 1,500m (remaining) – Cameron Proceviat (*) (1:30 p.m. ET)
Girls’s 4x400m relay (remaining) – Group Canada (*) (2:30 p.m. ET)
(*) – has not but certified for the ultimate
