Marco Arop goes wire-to-wire, winning 800m on final day of Grand Slam Track in Jamaica

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· Posted: Apr 06, 2025 6:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Marco Arop powered to triumph successful the Grand Slam Track 800-metre contention astatine the organization's inaugural lawsuit successful Kingston, Jamaica connected Sunday.

The Edmonton autochthonal led wire-to-wire, finishing successful a clip one minute 45.13 seconds, up of runner-up Emmanuel Wanyonyi

Wanyonyi, a 20-year-old from Kenya, hung connected to assertion the wide Short Distance title and accompanying $100,000 US successful prize money, finishing in a clip of 1:46.44. Bryce Hoppel of the United States finished 3rd with a 1:47.02 time.

Sunday's triumph helped Arop unafraid 2nd successful the wide Slam ranking down Wanyonyi.

WATCH | Arop runs distant with Grand Slam Track 800m, starring from commencement to finish:

Competing successful conscionable the 3rd 1,500m contention of his vocation connected Saturday, Arop finished sixth aft falling disconnected the pace — a contention Wanyonyi won pursuing an entertaining finish.

Joining the Grand Slam Track circuit last October, Arop is the lone Canadian among 48 racers committed to appearing astatine each 4 Slams – Miami (May 2-4), Philadelphia (May 30-June 1) and Los Angeles (June 27-29) are the others.

Arop has a 2023 satellite title rubric successful the men's 800 and a silver medal successful North American grounds clip from Paris past summer.

WATCH l Track's caller pro league, Grand Slam Track, explained:

In the 3,000m event, Quebec City's Charles Philibert-Thiboutot attempted to make a precocious propulsion successful the pursuit pack, but finished past with a clip of 8:09.46.

The 34-year-old, who says helium is retiring pursuing this season, placed past among the 8 finishers successful the 5,000m contention connected Friday.

"I privation this past [season] to beryllium amusive and competitive," the two-time Olympian recently told CBC Sports. "If I tally a mates of idiosyncratic bests and get bully results successful a fewer races, I'll beryllium blessed to bent up the spikes and person bully memories of leaving the sport."