On Tuesday, 4 extra athletes obtained early nominations to the 2024 Canadian Olympic staff in Paris for the marathon, race stroll relay, and 10,000m occasions. Rory Linkletter of Calgary, Moh Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., Evan Dunfee of Richmond, B.C., and Olivia Lundman of Lantzville, B.C., are the 4 athletes who can be becoming a member of beforehand nominated athletes Malindi Elmore and Cam Levins on the 2024 staff.
Athletics Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have introduced six athletes who earned early nomination to the Canadian Olympic Staff for Paris 2024 within the 10,000 metres, race stroll, and marathon occasions 🇨🇦https://t.co/zqCqMREU24
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) Might 14, 2024
The trio of Levins, Elmore, and Linkletter will make up the Canadian marathon staff in Paris, with the qualification window closed as of Might 5. That is Staff Canada’s smallest group despatched to an Olympic Video games since London 2012, however the requirements for these Paris Video games have been virtually 10 minutes quicker than in 2012. Linkletter ran a private finest 2:08:01 on the 2024 Seville Marathon in February to hit the Olympic customary of two:08:10 by 9 seconds. The 27-year-old, who has represented Canada within the marathon at two world championships (2022 and 2023), will compete at his first Olympics this August.
“I’ve a possibility to symbolize my household, myself, my nation, on a stage that’s greater than any in all sports activities, simply because it’s so international, it’s so watched all over the world,” mentioned Linkletter to the Canadian Olympic Committee. “Simply to be on this stage in an occasion just like the marathon and be able to compete, it means I did one thing particular to get right here.”
On the observe, Ahmed is the primary observe and area athlete to obtain early choice. This can be Ahmed’s fourth Olympic Video games, beforehand competing for Canada at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Ahmed is the solely Canadian to interrupt the 27-minute mark within the 10,000m and made historical past at Tokyo 2020 when he received silver within the 5,000m, incomes Canada’s first medal in a long-distance observe occasion. The 33-year-old gained qualification by hitting the usual on the Sound Operating TheTEN occasion in March, recording the second-fastest 10,000m time of his profession– 26:53.01. Ahmed holds the Olympic customary for the 5,000m however must watch for the Canadian Olympic Trials in Montreal this June to solidify his spot.
Ahmed mentioned this in a press launch: “It’s a terrific honour and privilege to get the nomination to have the ability to put on the maple leaf. A fourth Olympic Video games means I’m skilled and I hope to place it to good use in Paris. My purpose is the very same because it has been for a lot of of my earlier main championships–to face on prime of the rostrum or as near it as potential.”
Becoming a member of Ahmed and Linkletter are race walkers Dunfee and Lundman who certified to compete within the inaugural Olympic marathon race stroll blended relay once they completed twenty first on the World Athletics Race Strolling Staff Championships in April. In Tokyo 2020, Dunfee received bronze within the 50km race stroll for Canada’s first-ever Olympic medal within the occasion. The 50km race stroll is not on the Olympic programme, changed with the brand new marathon race stroll blended relay.
The rest of the Canadian staff for observe and area won’t be revealed till the tip of June after the 2024 Bell Canadian Monitor and Area Trials.
