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Ahmed of Canada, centre, reacts after winning the silver medal in the Men's 5000m final during the summer Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.Canada’s Mohammed Ahmed has won a silver medal with a gutsy effort in the men’s 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympics.
The 30-year-old runner from St. Catharines, Ont., has blazed a trail for Canadian distance runners on the global scene in the past few years. Last summer, he sliced 11 seconds off his own Canadian record, running 12:47.20 seconds in a high-performance meet in Portland, where he trains with the Bowerman Track Club.
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