Weekend roundup: Canada qualifies a women’s artistic gymnastics team for Tokyo

October 7, 2019

By Serena Adatia

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It was a great weekend for Team Canada, booking a spot in women’s artistic gymnastics to Tokyo 2020, and wrapping up competition at the World Athletics Championships.

Take a look at what happened:

Gymnastics – Artistic

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It’s official! We’ve qualified a team for #tokyo2020!! We’ve also qualified for the team final at #stuttgart2019. @ellieblack_ and @brooklynmoors_ have qualified for the AA final; @ellieblack_ & @ana_padurariu for the beam final, and @shallon_olsen for the vault final!! So proud of this amazing team of athletes, coaches, and support staff. #roadtotokyo #qualifiedfortokyo #artisticgymnastics #womensartistic #gymnastics #worldchampionships2019

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The women’s artistic gymnastics team (Ellie Black, Brooklyn Moors, Shallon Oslen, Ana Padurariu and Victoria Woo) clinched a spot for Tokyo 2020 on Saturday at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. By finishing in fifth place in the team event qualifying round with a score of 162.933, Team Canada secured a four-person squad for Tokyo 2020.

The squad will compete in the team finals on Tuesday October 8^th which will be streamed exclusively on CBC Sports. You can add their live streaming schedule directly to your calendar.

READ: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics secure Tokyo 2020 qualification

Gymnastics – Trampoline

Team Canada won two medals at the Trampoline World Cup in Valladolid, Spain. Jason Burnett and Jérémy Chartier, finished with a silver medal in the synchro event with a score of 51.020. The women’s synchronized team of Samantha Smith and Rachel Tan finished with 46.360 points to win bronze.

READ: Canada bounces to synchro double podiums at Trampoline World Cup

Athletics

Andre de Grasse of Canada, silver medalist for the men’s 200 meters, poses during the medal ceremony at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen, right, one of three brothers competing, runs off the track after running into Mohammed Ahmed, center, of Canada, in the men’s 5000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019 (AP Photo/Nick Didlick)

Yusuke Suzuki of Japan, gold, Joao Vieira of Portugal, left, silver, and Evan Dunfee of Canada, bronze, pose during the medal ceremony for the men’s 50km race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Alysha Newman, of Canada, competes in the women’s pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pierce Lepage, of Canada, competes in the men’s decathlon javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Over the weekend, Canada’s track athletes continued to break national records at the World Athletic Championships in Doha. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford ran a national record in the 1500m, crossing the finish line in three minutes and 56.12 seconds. Mohammed Ahmed also set a national record, running a time of 26:59.35 in the 10,000m.

READ: IAAF Worlds: Mohammed Ahmed wins 5000m bronze
READ: IAAF Worlds: Andre De Grasse wins 200m silver

Canada finished in 9^th place on the IAAF table after the World Athletic Championships in Doha, tying their 2015 result. Canada claimed a total of five medals, four Canadian records, and placed in the top eight for 15 events.

Karate

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SILVER for Haya Jumaa at the Karate1 in Moscow 👏🥈 // ARGENT pour Haya Jumaa au Karaté1 de Moscou 👊🇨🇦 . 📷 @xavierservolle @worldkaratefederation . . #teamcanada #roadtotokyo #roadtotokyo2020 #wkf #karate1moscow #karate

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Haya Jumaa won the silver medal in the female kumite under 61kg category, at the Karate 1 – Premier League in Moscow on Sunday.

Karate will be featured in the Olympic Games for the very first time in Tokyo 2020.

RELATED: Haya Jumaa wins bronze in Montreal

Swimming

Two medals were won by Canadians at the FINA World Cup in Hungary this past weekend. Hanna Henderson won a silver medal in the women’s 100m butterfly race finishing with a time of 59.65. Aly Ackman claimed bronze in the women’s 200m freestyle race with a time of 2:00.77.

READ: Masse becomes first Canadian to win International Swimming League event
READ: Team Canada medals at FINA World Cup in Budapest

At the inaugural International Swimming League meet in Indianapolis, Kylie Masse became the first Canadian to win an ISL event with a personal best time of 2:01.89 in the women’s 200m backstroke. Penny Oleksiak swam her way to a fourth-place finish in the women’s 100m freestyle race in 52.86.