The 2025 World Indoor Championships will kick off Thursday night, marking the primary world championships of the yr. So, what’s in retailer for observe followers? The 14 members of the Canadian squad have arrived in Nanjing, China, poised to tackle the world’s greatest–whether or not by making an announcement debut on the world stage or defending a coveted title.
“Any alternative you get to compete with a few of the greatest athletes on the earth goes a great distance when it comes to making ready athletes for future Championships,” mentioned Athletics Canada’s head coach Glenroy Gilbert in a press launch. “It is a massive deal for the staff.”
Sarah Mitton to defend world shot put title
The ladies’s shot put is a must-watch occasion. Nova Scotia’s Sarah Mitton is now not the underdog–this time, she’s aiming for back-to-back world indoor titles. She competes Thursday at 7:50 p.m. native time (Friday 7:50 a.m. ET).
Morales Williams inside placing distance of 400m gold
At simply 20, Vaughan, Ont.’s Christopher Morales Williams boasts a really spectacular resume. Making his world indoor debut, the sprinter is a two-time NCAA champion, an Adidas professional and holds an indoor private better of 44.49–an unofficial world document. Coming into the championships with the fifth-fastest qualifying time, Morales Williams has a transparent shot on the podium.
Audrey Leduc set to shine within the 60m
One yr after making her Workforce Canada debut, Quebec’s Audrey Leduc is able to make an announcement. She holds a 60m private greatest of seven.20 and has since smashed the nationwide 100m and 200m data, reaching the Olympic semi-finals in each occasions.
Whereas the Canadian document of seven.02 (set in 1999) stays a problem, the Adidas athlete has confirmed that nothing is out of attain.
The Stafford–Plourde 1,500m duo
Toronto’s Lucia Stafford and Montreal’s Simone Plourde have been on hearth this season. Stafford clocked a mile better of 4:21.71 on the Valentine Invitational in Boston, dipping below the indoor world customary (4:22.50). On the Boston Final Likelihood meet, Plourde ran to a 1,500m private better of 4:04.07 en path to a world indoor qualifying time of 4:22.47. Their performances mark the second and third-fastest instances (in each the mile and 1,500m) in Canadian historical past.
Each may have their eyes on a spot within the last–and even on the rostrum.
Canadian competiton schedule (Japanese time)
Day 1: (Thursday night ET)
10:23 p.m. – males’s 400m heats (Christopher Morales Williams)
11:15 p.m. – girls’s 800m heats (Aurora Rynda)
11:55 p.m. – males’s 800m heats (Robert Heppenstall)
12:55 a.m. – males’s 60m heats (Norris Spike, Malachi Murray)
Day 1: (Friday morning ET)
6:33 a.m. – girls’s 1,500m heats (Lucia Stafford, Simone Plourde)
7:18. a.m. – males’s 1,500m heats (Kieran Lumb, Foster Malleck)
7:50 a.m. – girls’s shot put last (Sarah Mitton)
8:03 a.m. – males’s 60m semi-final (Norris Spike, Malachi Murray)*
8:47 a.m. – males’s 400m semi-final (Christopher Morales Williams)*
9:24 a.m. – males’s 60m last (Norris Spike, Malachi Murray)*
Day 2: (Friday night ET)
11:15 p.m. – girls’s 60m heats (Audrey Leduc, Sade McCreath)
12:05 a.m. – girls’s 800m semi-final (Aurora Rynda)*
12:31 a.m. – males’s 800m semi-final (Robert Heppenstall)*
Day 2: (Saturday morning ET)
8:15 a.m. – girls’s 60m semi-final (Audrey Leduc, Sade McCreath)*
8:55 a.m. – males’s 400m last (Christopher Morales Williams)*
9:18 a.m. – girls’s 60m last (Audrey Leduc, Sade McCreath)*
Day 3: (Saturday night ET)
10:25 p.m. – girls’s 60m hurdles heats (Sienna MacDonald, Tatiana Aholou)
Day 3: (Sunday morning ET)
7:35 a.m. – girls’s 60m hurdles semi-final (Sienna MacDonald, Tatiana Aholou)*
8:15 a.m. – males’s 1,500m last (Kieran Lumb, Foster Malleck)*
8:28 a.m. – girls’s 1,500m heats (Lucia Stafford, Simone Plourde)*
8:40 a.m. – males’s 800m last (Robert Heppenstall)*
8:54 a.m. – girls’s 800m last (Aurora Rynda)*
9:01 a.m. – girls’s 60m hurdles last (Sienna MacDonald, Tatiana Aholou)*
*Pending qualification
Learn how to watch:
The primary occasion of the World Indoor Championships begins Thursday at 10:05 a.m. native time (10:05 p.m. ET). The total schedule may be discovered right here.
CBC will supply a dwell stream of the competitors.