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Joined March 2012
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It's RACE WEEK! Package Pickup for the Granville Island Turkey Trot will be held @Rackets_Runners this Thursday thru Sunday. Check out details here turkeytrotrun.ca/info/#PPU #runvan
Justin Kent is the first Canadian male to cross the line 2:13:33 #RunOttawa2022
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🤩 Our 2022 @Odlum_Brown #VanOpen poster is here - featuring @beccamarino90 and @TKokkinakis! 🤩 Get your tickets for this year's tournament before they sell out! Early bird pricing is in effect until July 4! Tap vanopen.com/tickets to reserve your spot! #vanopentennis
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Congratulations to our 2022 @united Rock 'n' Roll Washington DC Half Marathon winners presented by @advocare Spark! 👏 💨 Justin Kent ⏱ 1:03:56 💨 Hirut Guangu ⏱ 1:14:01 #SundayRunday 🏃‍♀️🏃 – at Washington, DC
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While the world locked their attention in Australia, a Canadian made the best of his week with a title of his own. 🏆 Congrats, @VasekPospisil, for lifting the winner's trophy at the Quimper Challenger today! Read more here: ⬇️ ow.ly/97Rt50HHwEe
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Some 🇨🇦🎾news: Vasek Pospisil has won the #ATP Challenger in Quimper, France, defeating Gregoire Barrere 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in the final. Well done, @VasekPospisil 💪
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AND HE DOES IT!!! @felixtennis reaches his 3rd consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final at the #AusOpen with a win over Marin Cilic! What a great match. 👊 Let's go! #TennisNation | @nationalbank
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Canada will have a fourth player in the singles draw at the #ausopen after @beccamarino90 won her final qualifying match early Friday morning. Read more on how the vet battled into the main draw: 👇 ow.ly/xcvr50HuEBq
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🚨 QUALIFIED 🚨 🇨🇦Rebecca Marino defeats 🇷🇺Kamila Rhakimova 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(10-7) to qualify for the main draw of the 2022 #AusOpen! It’s the fifth time Marino has qualified for the slam in her career. Amazing performance, @beccamarino90! 🇨🇦 💪
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.@beccamarino90 qualifies for the Australian Open main draw! Marino hits 24 aces (one on match point), 51 winners to take down No. 8 seed Rakhimova to qualify for her second Grand Slam in a row, and second #AusOpen in a row. Congrats!!! 💪
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Rebecca Marino is through to the second round of qualifying at the @AustralianOpen and took some time to chat with us afterwards. We asked her about the big 🇨🇦 win at the @ATPCup and what the strength of our men’s and women’s teams mean for Canadian tennis.
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Running season is far from over. The Valencia marathon starts at 8:15 local time (2:15 ET) on Sunday, Dec 5, and will feature two Canadian national team members: Ben Preisner: 2021 Olympian (PB 2:10:17) Justin Kent (@jkent_): PB: 2:17:22 Yes, Ben and Justin, we'll be up.
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Canada defeats defending champion France at Billie Jean King Cup finals dlvr.it/SBhqKs
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Next month now... runvan.org/register #runvan
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A young fan could not contain his excitement after Novak Djokovic gave him his tennis racket following his French Open title victory on Sunday 🎾🏆
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Staffer @LindseyButters balances work with #SFU’s @NCAA student athletes and her efforts to qualify for #Tokyo2020. Here's how one of Canada’s top 800m runners added a staff achievement award to her trophy case. @SFUalumni @sfu_athletics @SFU_FHS   ow.ly/1KjL50ECczv
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REBECCA MARINO. 👏 It’s the feel-good story we just can’t get enough of. The Vancouverite overcomes Kimberly Birrell 6-0, 7-6(9) to reach the second round of the #AusOpen Brilliant play. Proud of you @beccamarino90!
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M2M Coach Justin Kent ran a 2:17:22 debut marathon on December 20th at The Marathon Project in Arizona. We caught up with Justin post-race to get his thoughts on how the race went. ⁠ Listen to our latest M2M Podcast episode through the link in our bio!⁠
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Tune in for a @MatchPointCAN exclusive! We speak to Canadian @beccamarino90 following her first round qualifying win from #AusOpen. It was Marino's first match since 2019: traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV4872… @TennisCanada @Tennis Photo cred @TennisAustralia
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