Arop leads wire to wire to clinch a spot in the Tokyo 800-metre semifinals. MORE:
The 22-year-old from Edmonton, who once dreamed of playing in the NBA, looked relaxed en route to a time of one minute 45.26 seconds.
Arop's best is 1:43.26, set at last month's Monaco Diamond League meet, where he narrowly missed Brandon McBride's Canadian record of 1:43.20. McBride, meanwhile, didn't qualify for the Tokyo semifinals, fading down the stretch to finish sixth in his heat in 1:46.32.Sage Watson of Medicine Hat, Alta., was fourth in her 400-metre hurdles heat in 55.54 to move onto the semifinals. Noelle Montcalm of Windsor, Ont., was sixth in her heat and didn't advance.Three-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse opened his Olympics later Saturday with heats of the men's 100 metres.
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