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Success for Canadian AthleticsPublished by SPIKES on November 16, 2016 Canada's time in the athletics shade is over: at the 2015 World Championships, the maple-leafed marvels won a total of eight medals, including two golds, their best return EVER. Here are ten reasons behind their outstanding Beijing haul. 1. Broadened baseFor many years Athletics Canada operated a strategy that targeted certain event groups; throws, hurdles, combined events and relays. Yet after Canada returned from London 2012 with Derek Drouin's high jump bronze their only athletics medal – the same number as Botswana, Guatemala and Iran – this approach was scrapped. “We found the strategy wasn’t working and we weren’t winning as many medals as we hoped for,” says Rob Guy, the CEO of Athletics Canada. “The system was extremely unpopular with athletes as many of our top athletes weren’t getting any funding support, so we broadened our scope.” Read the full article at: spikes.iaaf.org
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