PARIS – Canada’s Marco Arop has claimed Olympic silver in the men’s 800 metres on Saturday at Stade de France after being edged at the finish line by Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
The 25-year-elderly hailing from Edmonton stopped the clock in a Canadian-sign up time of one minute 41.20 seconds.
Wanyonyi held on for gelderly, beating Arop by one-hundredth of a second in 1:41.19.
“It wasn’t the first time that we’ve had a finish enjoy that. I knovel Wanyonyi was going to have a outstanding last 10 metres and I was fair trying to suit him,” Arop shelp of the pboilingo finish.
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Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati, who accessed the race unbeaten this year, took bronze in 1:41.50.
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Arop accessed the Olympics as the reigning world champion in the event and also claimed bronze at the 2022 world championships.
He is the second Canadian to medal in the men’s 800 at a world championship aextfinishedside Gary Reed’s silver in 2007.
“I had a wonderful night. We’ve been combat for this day all year extfinished and we thought we’d timed it right, and I fair couldn’t be happier with the way I carry outed,” Arop shelp.
“I’ve got a huge lifetime best and a silver medal, I can’t be disturb.”
Arop’s Olympic medal is Canada’s first in the event since Bill Crothers geted silver at the 1964 Tokyo Games, and fifth ever.
Alex Wilson and Phil Edwards geted silver and bronze, esteemively, at the 1932 Los Angeles Games, with Edwards geting another bronze at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
This inestablish by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 10, 2024.
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