On Tuesday afternoon, Athletics Canada chosen 4 athletes to symbolize Group Canada on the upcoming 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Canadian marathoners Rory Linkletter, Justin Kent, Benjamin Preisner and Kinsey Middleton will be part of beforehand introduced athletes Malindi Elmore and Canadian girls’s marathon file holder Natasha Wodak within the marathon occasion, scheduled to happen on the ultimate two days of the championships (Aug. 27 and 28).
Group Canada is rising. Athletics Canada introduced in the present day the names of 4 athletes chosen to compete within the marathon on the 2023 World Athletics Championships.https://t.co/vMmojhpY1T
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) June 6, 2023
Linkletter, Preisner and Middleton all represented Group Canada on the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore. Linkletter ran to a private greatest of two:10:24, inserting him twentieth total and second among the many Canadian males behind Cam Levins, who completed fourth in Canadian-record time. Middleton was twenty sixth within the girls’s marathon, in 2:32:56. Montreal’s Élissa Legault has additionally been chosen as a non-travelling alternate.
Levins was among the many 5 Canadian athletes initially named to the crew in February, however has just lately withdrawn to give attention to a “hilly” fall marathon in preparation for the tough marathon course on the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games. Levins at the moment holds the North American marathon file.
“I see Budapest as a possibility to place myself for Paris subsequent 12 months,” Linkletter stated in a press launch. “My objectives are to run the very best race I can, and place slightly larger than final 12 months. If I can try this, it can put me in a very good place to make that Olympic crew.”
Let’s go! The work has already begun! 🇨🇦 https://t.co/fdgbAtfZDM
— Rory Linkletter (@ThePapaLinks) June 6, 2023
Linkletter and firm will be part of the 4 athletes beforehand introduced to compete on the 2023 World Championships, operating from Aug. 19 to 27: Mohammed Ahmed (10,000m), Evan Dunfee (35 km race stroll), Elmore and Wodak.
The ultimate choice for Group Canada might be introduced on Aug. 2. All choices are conditional upon athletes assembly the Canadian championships requirement and world championship qualification requirements by July 30.
