Canada’s Marco Arop runs fastest time of rough and tumble 800 heats at worlds
Global News
The 23-year-old from Edmonton recorded the fastest time of the 800 heats at the world track and field championships on Wednesday.
Marco Arop watched in shock as Canadian teammate Brandon McBride crashed in his rough-and-tumble heat of the 800 metres.
Running minutes later, Arop’s biggest concern was just to stay on his feet.
The 23-year-old from Edmonton recorded the fastest time of the 800 heats at the world track and field championships on Wednesday — despite running much of the race out in Lane 2.
“I was just trying to avoid a collision,” Arop said.
“I saw Brandon in the previous heat, and I was just trying to avoid that at all costs. Even if I had to run the extra distance it was worth it.”
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According to the Canadian team’s sport physiologist Trent Stellingwerff, Arop ran an extra 10 to 14 metres in his race, which equates to an extra 1.2 to 1.5 seconds.
“Dude is in unreal shape to run a 1:44 basically in Lane 2, controlling from the front off the back end,” Stellingwerff said.
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