World Athletics Championships preview ft. Canadian Olympian Kate Current
Current joins the show to break down the top Canadian storylines heading into the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Nick Iwanyshyn
Today, The Rundown returns with a special World Championships preview. With the biggest week in track and field season finally here, host John Gay and Canadian Running staff writer Marley Dickinson connect to break down all the biggest Canadian story lines heading into Tokyo.
Also joining the show is national Canadian team member and 2024 Olympian in the 1,500m, Kate Current. Kate joins the conversation from Athletics Canada’s final-phase training camp in Gifu, Japan, where she’s putting the finishing touches on her own preparations, hoping to continue riding a wave of breakout performances and personal bests this season against the world’s best.
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In addition to sharing about her meteoric rise through the ranks of middle-distance running this year, Kate also gives us the inside scoop on the atmosphere within Team Canada’s camp as they head into these championships. After a historic showing at the last edition in Budapest, where Canada took home a record five gold medals, look for the red and white contingent to be setting their sights on even greater heights in the Japanese capital.
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