Toronto will host the 2018 North American, Central American and Caribbean championships next August in a three-day event billed as Track & Field in the 6ix. It has been difficult to maintain Canadian interest in track and field in the past but Olympic athletes are hopeful that it will work this time. De Grasse thinks Toronto, which rallies behind professional teams, is ready to embrace the sport of track and field and the chance to watch it live. Things went badly off script at this summer’s world championships in London where the Canadian team, decimated by injury and illness, came away without a single medal. “Track & Field in the 6ix will be a pillar for what we hope are many more events like this in Toronto,” Gentes said.

Source: thestar October 19, 2017 23:37 UTC