Edmonton’s Marco Arop added another medal for Canada at the Paris 2024 Olympics, picking up silver in the men’s 800m final.
Arop was on the outside looking in after the first 400m, but was able to dig deep over the final stretch to pick up the first Olympic medal of his track career.
The 25-year-old, who was born in Khartoum, Sudan, but immigrated to Edmonton with his family a short time later, nearly wound up winning gold. It was a photo finish that saw Arop finish just 0.01 seconds behind Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
🥈Médaille🥈
Marco Arop 🇨🇦 fonce comme une fusée et décroche la médaille d’argent au 800 m à Paris! Après avoir terminé 14e dans cette épreuve au Jeux de Tokyo, l’athlète originaire de l’Alberta remporte sa première médaille en carrière. 🔥@marco_arop @athleticscanada… pic.twitter.com/x2u5XpbWiF
— Radio-Canada Sports (@RC_Sports) August 10, 2024
Though he fell just shy of his ultimate goal, it was a very impressive showing for Arop, who brings home Canada’s second medal of the day. Katie Vincent was able to get things going earlier, winning gold in the women’s canoe single 200m final.
More to come…
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