Rodney, Brown qualify for Olympic 200m semis – National

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Rodney, Brown qualify for Olympic 200m semis – National

By Staff

The ********* Press

Posted August 6, 2024 7:13 am

1 min read

Descrease article font size

Increase article font size

PARIS – Brendon Rodney and Aaron Brown have qualified for the Olympic men’s 200-metre semifinals.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==

Rodney, from Toronto, ran a time of 20.42 seconds to earn the top spot in Heat 2 of the repechage round on Tuesday at Stade de France.

Rodney had finished fourth in Heat 3 in Monday’s opening heats with a time of 20.30 seconds. He ******* to qualify from there, with the newly implemented repechage giving him a second chance that he capitalized on.

Related Videos

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">

5:12
Former Olympic swimmer on Canada’s swimming success in Paris

Previous Video

Next Video

Story continues below advertisement

The winner from each of the four heats in the repechage round along with the fastest two times among non-automatic qualifiers advance into Wednesday night’s semifinal. The final is set for Thursday night.

The email you need for the day’s
top news stories from Canada and around the world.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==

Get daily National news

Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.

By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News’

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

and

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

Brown, also from Toronto, finished second in Heat 3 at 20.42 on Tuesday but qualified with one of two fastest non-automatic qualifier spots. The 32-year-old finished sixth in the 200 at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Trending Now

• data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==

  B.C. landslide: Videos show water flowing overtop of Chilcotin River site

• data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==

  AirTags only go so far: A new partnership is filling Canada’s car theft gap

Rodney and Brown join reigning Olympic champion Andre De Grasse to make for three Canadians in the semifinals.

This report by The ********* Press was first published Aug. 6, 2024.

&copy 2024 The ********* Press

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Rodney #Brown #qualify #Olympic #200m #semis #National

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up