Sprinter Kenny Bednarek's meteoric rise impresses 200-metre Canadian champion
Canadian sprinters Aaron Brown and Andre De Grasse will go head-to-head over 200 metres on Friday in Doha, Qatar (CBCSports.ca, 12 p.m. ET) with U.S. standout Kenny Bednarek, fresh off a win in the Diamond League season opener, trying to steal the spotlight.
'His ability to run great curves is unique to this season,' says Toronto's Aaron Brown
, Iowa. But he raised eyebrows as a 20-year-old in May 2019 when he won the 200 metres in 19.82 seconds at the National Junior College Athletic Association national championships.
A year earlier, he was winning multiple state titles for Rice Lake High School in Wisconsin.
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After flashing his potential early in 2019, Bednarek suffered a hamstring injury at U.S. championships in July and failed to advance beyond the first round at worlds two months later because of a nerve flare-up. But it could be a different story this July at the Tokyo Olympics should Bednarek remain healthy, given his success this season.
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