Click on the video player above beginning at 12:05 p.m. ET to watch live Olympic athletics coverage. Watch live track action featuring Andre De Grasse in the men’s 200m semifinals at the bottom of this story.
Canada’s Alysha Newman is going for gold in the Olympic women’s pole vault final at 12:15 p.m. ET at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Delaware, Ont., native qualified seventh on Monday.
Canada is also competing for a medal when Jean-Simon Desgagnes takes part in the men’s 3000m steeplechase final at 3:43 p.m. ET.
De Grasse in men’s 200m semifinals
Defending Olympic champion Andre De Grasse leads three Canadian sprinters in the men’s 200m semifinal starting at 4:02 p.m. ET.
Aaron Brown races right after, at 2:10 p.m. ET, with Brendon Rodney also going for a final berth at 2:18 p.m. ET.
Watch Wednesday’s track action below.
Canada’s Jean-Simon Desgagnés goes for gold in the men’s 3000m steeplechase final. Also on tap are the finals for the men’s 400m, discus throw and women’s pole vault. Presented with closed captioning produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence, as part of a pilot project aimed at improving the experience of users of this service.
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