Rodney, Brown qualify for Olympic 200m semis

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

Rodney, from Toronto, ran a clip of 20.42 seconds to gain nan apical spot successful Heat 2 of nan repechage information connected Tuesday astatine Stade de France.

Rodney had vanished 4th successful Heat 3 successful Monday’s opening heats pinch a clip of 20.30 seconds. He grounded to suffice from there, pinch nan recently implemented repechage giving him a 2nd chance that he capitalized on.

The victor from each of nan 4 heats successful nan repechage information on pinch nan fastest 2 times among non-automatic qualifiers beforehand into Wednesday night’s semifinal. The last is group for Thursday night.

Brown, besides from Toronto, vanished 2nd successful Heat 3 astatine 20.42 connected Tuesday but qualified pinch 1 of 2 fastest non-automatic qualifier spots. The 32-year-old vanished sixth successful nan 200 astatine nan Tokyo Games successful 2021.

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Rodney and Brown subordinate reigning Olympic champion Andre De Grasse to make for 3 Canadians successful nan semifinals.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 6, 2024.