Priscilla Lopes-Schliep News

Perdita Felicien clears a hurdle as Elisabeth Davin of Belgium looks on yesterday at Berlin.

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep was named outstanding overall athlete. Canadian hurdler Priscilla Lopes-Schliep capped a stunning season by capturing three 2009 Athletics Canada awards on Sunday.

Toronto Mayor David Miller speaks during the Pan American Sports Organization meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Friday.

After years of disappointments, Toronto has finally won a major international sporting event, beating two South American cities to host the 2015 Pan Am Games.

Canadian track and field athletes will race for gold at a new 15,000-seat stadium in Hamilton if Toronto is awarded the 2015 Pan American Games while swimmers will dive into a new pool big enough to host large-scale international events.

Published on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 2:17PM EDT J ust call him Mr. On-the-Go. Canadian sprint icon Bruny Surin raced to fame and Olympic gold in the 1990s.

Brigitte Foster-Hylton Like fine wine, national sprint hurdler Brigitte Foster-Hylton gets better and better with age.

WINDSOR, Ont. - It was a chance to savour the victory for Scott Russell. His win in the men's javelin at the Canadian senior track and field championships meant more than a simple gold medal.

Canadian Perdita Felicien was third in the women's 100-metre hurdles, while Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang returned from a foot injury to place second Sunday at the Golden Grand Prix.

Lopes-Schliep robbed in Greece Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Canada wins ??? the women's 100 metres hurdle race at the IAAF Golden League Memorial Van Damme athletics meeting in Brussels September 4, 2009.

Former World record holder Asafa Powell was narrowly edged out by American Tyson Gay in a dramatic finish, but Brigitte Foster-Hylton extended her winning streak with another sensational victory on the opening day of the I AAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final yesterday.

It was a successful weekend for Canadian Track and Field as Gary Reed captured silver at the World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kamloops' Gary Reed won silver in the 800 metres race at an international track meet in Greece on Saturday.

THESSALONIKI, Greece - Last updated on Friday, Sep. 11, 2009 01:56PM EDT U sain Bolt lined up for a race against a five-year-old local boy - and lost.

Jamaican World Champion-ship sprint relay gold medallists Steve Mullings and Aleen Bailey registered victories at the Athletics Bridge 2009 international track and field meeting on Sunday evening.

Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep added another silver medal to her collection Sunday, finishing second in the 100-metre hurdles at the Athletics Bridge meet.

Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep posted a career-best time en route to a silver medal in the 100-metre hurdles, while teammate Gary Reed raced to bronze in the 800 metres at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday.

The 2009 International Association of Athletics Federation's 2009 Golden League Series comes to a close tomorrow with the sixth and final meet, the Memorial Van Damme held in honour of Ivo Van Damme, the top 800 metre runner in the history of Belgian athletics.

Canadian hurdler Perdita Felicien is back on the podium after struggling to a last-place finish at the recent world track and field championships.

Jamaicans in the United States have hailed the success of Caribbean athletes, particularly their compatriots, at the recently concluded World Championship in Berlin.