John Gay earned the Olympic entry standard for Tokyo 2020 when he ran a personal bt 8:20.68 at the Canadian Olympic Trials jt days before the qualifitn perd closed at the end of June 2021.
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John Gay earned the Olympic entry standard for Tokyo 2020 when he ran a personal bt 8:20. Gay had won a pair of medals at the 2015 Canadian Junr Champnships, takg silver the 3000m steeplechase and bronze the 5000m. In 2017 Gay reprented Canada his first senr ternatnal event, jt missg the 3000m steeplechase podium at the Jx la Franphonie.
In 2019, Gay raced the World Cross Country Champnships.
Gay raced llegiately for the Universy of Brish Columbia. John Gay.
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John Gay’s Olympic dream was born the summer of 2016.
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He spent the summer trag wh Canadian Olympic steeplechaser Chris Wter and “up until that pot, seemed so distant but gettg to know Chris, and others who would later reprent Canada that summer, had a humanizg effect for me, ” said Gay. Te to his word, Gay put the work and five years later he’s ready to reprent Canada on the world’s biggt stage.
Gay spent months racg the U. As a last-dch effort, Gay jumped on a plane and head to Swen the fal weekend of June. Gay ran seven solo laps at Montreal’s Cl Robillard Sports Complex for an 8:20.
“It was kd of the storybook endg to this long chase of a season, ” said Gay followg the race. Up until that night Montreal, Gay’s 2019 season had been his bt to date.
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After nng cross untry high school, Gay moved om Kelowna to Vanuver for universy and ran as a Universy of Brish Columbia Thunrbird.