Django Lovett jumpstarts Canada’s athletics worlds with berth to high jump final | CBC Sports
Django Lovett and Camryn Rogers have Canada off to a flying start at the World Athletics Championships.
Lovett, of Surrey, B.C., booked his ticket to the high jump final by clearing a bar of 2.28 metres on Friday in the opening session of the Eugene, Ore., meet at Hayward Field.
The jump matched a season best for the 30-year-old, which ranks sixth worldwide and just six centimetres back of the world-leading mark.
He was one of just six jumpers who made that height on their first attempt.
WATCH | Lovett leaps into final:
Django Lovett of Surrey, B.C. qualified for the men’s high jump final, by clearing 2.28 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore.
Lovett, a co-captain of Team Canada, won nationals in June and previously placed first at the Diamond League event in Birmingham, England.
Other notable qualifiers included Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi, the friends who memorably chose to share gold in the event at Tokyo 2020.
The final is scheduled to take place Monday at 8:45 p.m. ET.
WATCH LIVE | Morning session on Day 1 of World Athletics Championships:
The world’s best track and field athletes will descend on Eugene, Oregon in an event of epic proportions.
Rogers, in her first career worlds, wasted no time advancing to the hammer throw final, as her first toss of 73.67m cleared the automatic qualification threshold of 73.50.
The 23-year-old from Richmond, B.C., nearly became Canada’s first Olympic medallist in the event when she placed fifth in Tokyo.
She currently holds the Canadian and U.S. collegiate records at 77.67m and is ranked fourth in the world.
The medal round begins Sunday at 2:35 p.m. ET.
WATCH | Rogers reaches hammer throw final:
Camryn Rogers of Surrey, B.C. qualified for the women’s hammer throw final with her first attempt of 73.67 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore.
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Later tonight, Canadian champion shot put champion Sarah Mitton hits the field for qualifying (8:10 p.m. ET) before the 100-metre heats, featuring Olympic bronze medallist Andre De Grasse, begin at 9:50 p.m. ET.
De Grasse hasn’t raced since contracting COVID-19 about a month ago.
Canada has 59 athletes competing at the championships, the world’s third largest sporting event behind the Olympics and the World Cup, at Hayward Field.
Daily live coverage of the World Athletics coverage is available on CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca and the free CBC Sports app.
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