Watch Canada's Alysha Newman, Aaron Brown compete at Doha Diamond League
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Coverage begins on Friday at 12 p.m. ET.
Four Canadian track and field medallists from the Paris Olympic Games will be in competition on CBC Sports this weekend.
That begins with the Diamond League stop in Doha, Qatar, on Friday (12 p.m ET, CBC Sports.ca, CBC Gem), which features a star-studded lineup in the women's pole vault.
That includes Olympic bronze medallist Alysha Newman, who successfully improved upon her own national record with a mark of 4.85-metres to land on the podium in Paris.
Newman sat down with CBC Sports earlier this year to talk about life after her medal win.
The Delaware, Ont., native competed in only one indoor event in 2025, finishing second (4.50m) at the World Athletics Indoor Tour meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in February.
Newman will compete in her first Diamond League meet of the season against some familiar competition – Olympic silver medallist Katie Moon of the U.S.
Watch all the action from Diamond League in Doha beginning on Friday at 12 p.m. ET, and the Continental Tour stop in Tokyo Saturday at 11:50 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. Click here for the full broadcast schedule.
The entire podium from Paris 2024 was supposed to be in action in Doha, but gold medallist Nina Kennedy will be forced to miss the start of the season while the Australian recovers from hamstring surgery.
The start list for Friday's event also includes American Sandi Morris, New Zealand's Eliza McCartney, Slovenia's Tina Šutej, and Great Britain's Molly Caudery.
The men's 200-metre event will also be contested in Doha, with Toronto's Aaron Brown lining up against the current world No. 1-ranked athlete in the distance.
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