The 33-year-old told Citius Mag he will aim for a pair of Canadian records in February, racing the 3,000 at the New Balance Grand Prix on Feb. Canadian runner Philibert-Thiboutot qualifies for Paris 2024 in Diamond League season debut.In August, Flanagan went 13:38.69 at the World Athletics Championships but didn't advance from the heats in Budapest, Hungary. The native of Kitchener, Ont., stopped the clock in 13:13.97 to open the 2023 outdoor campaign but never got close to that time as the season progressed. He inched closer to the 13:13.50 standard for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics earlier that summer by running 13:20.67 in Boston but fell short of first Olympic berth in a final attempt less than a month later with a 13:33.90 effort in Oregon. Only Moh Ahmed, who won a 2021 Olympic silver medal in the outdoor 5,000, has run the indoor event quicker than Flanagan among Canadian men, clocking 12:56.87 in 2022 and 13:04.60 in 2017.įlanagan's previous best was nearly seven seconds slower in 13:11.12 at the same competition in Boston a year ago. The automatic entry standard is 13:05.00 for the Paris Games this summer. The Canadian runner only needed one indoor race and less than a month to accomplish his goal.įlanagan, 29, set a personal best of 13 minutes 4.62 seconds indoors on Friday at Boston University, placing fifth at the John Thomas Terrier Classic. Ben Flanagan had planned to spend a portion of this year attempting the Olympic qualifying standard in the men's 5,000 metres.
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