(Budapest) The Canadians finished just off the podium in the 4x400m relay at the World Championships in Athletics on Sunday.
The quartet of Zoe Sherar, Aiyanna Stiverne, Kyra Constantine and Grace Konrad posted their best result of the season in three minutes 22.42 seconds.
The Dutch won the gold by virtue of an excellent last stint from Femke Bol. They stopped the clock at 3:20.72. The Jamaicans (3:20.88) and the British (3:21.04) also edged out the Maple Leaf representatives.
It was the last event of these Worlds. Canada ranks second in the nations standings with four gold medals, tied with Spain. The United States are first, with 12 victories.
In total medals, Canada finished sixth with six, including two silver.
Canadian Moh Ahmed finished seventh in the 5000m.
Ahmed, of St. Catharines, Ont., covered the distance in 13 minutes 12.92 seconds.
Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen (13:11.30) took the gold medal, while Spaniard Mohamed Katir (13:11.44) and Kenyan Jacob Krop (13:12.28) took the gold respectively. second and third steps of the podium.
Ahmed, 32, won silver in the 5,000m at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
“In the last five or six laps, it seemed like there was always a different person pushing, pushing, pushing,” Ahmed said. I couldn’t improve my position, and by the time I realized it, I had 800 meters to go. It’s just unfortunate there was a lot of traffic. »
He also won bronze in this event at the 2019 Worlds in Doha, Qatar.
Earlier Sunday, Calgary’s Rory Linkletter posted the best Canadian result in the men’s marathon. He took 19th place with a time of 2:12:16, his best of the season.
Ben Preisner of Milton, Ont., and Justin Kent of Burnaby, B.C., were 28th and 30th.
Their times were 2:15:02 and 2:15:26, respectively.
