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CanadaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Arop sets national record in 2nd-place finish in Diamond League final

24-year-old ran 800 metres in one minute and 42.85 seconds
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CanadaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Marco Arop set a national record and personal best in a second-place finish in the menB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 800 metres at the Diamond League final on Sunday. Arop celebrates winning the gold medal ahead in the MenB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 800-meters final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Martin Meissner

CanadaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Marco Arop set a national record and personal best in a second-place finish in the menB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 800 metres at the Diamond League final on Sunday.

The 24-year-old ran a time of one minute 42.85 seconds. The previous Canadian record was 1:43.20, set by Brandon McBride in 2018 with AropB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s previous personal best being 1:43.24, which he ran on Sept. 2.

KenyaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Emmanuel Wanyonyi took the title at the Prefontaine Classic with a meeting record and world-leading time of 1:42.80. AlgeriaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Djamel Sedjati was third at 1:43.06.

EdmontonB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Arop was in second for a bit more than half the race before taking the lead from JamaicaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Navasky Anderson. However, Wanyonyi pulled ahead late to snatch first from Arop.

Arop outlasted the 19-year-old Wanyonyi at the world championships in August to become the first Canadian man to win world gold in the event.

Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., and TorontoB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Aaron Brown are set to compete in the menB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 200 final later Sunday.

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