TORONTO — CBC Sports announced today it will be the exclusive Canadian broadcast and streaming home for the 2022 World Athletics Championships, taking place in Eugene, Oregon, from Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 24.
“Viewers can watch the live events streaming on cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports App for iOS and Android devices, and CBC Gem, with extensive broadcast coverage on CBC TV and CBC Gem as part of CBC Sports weekend programming throughout the competition,” says a press release.
The 2022 World Athletics Championships will bring together the world’s top athletes to compete in 16 stadium sessions and six road events at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon, which was “recently renovated and considered to be one of the top track and field facilities in the world,” according to the release.
Canada will be represented by a team of 59 athletes (34 women and 25 men) with a combined total of 15 Olympic medals. Canadian competitors include Andre De Grasse, Mohammed Ahmed, Evan Dunfee, Damian Warner, Aaron Brown, Alysha Newman, Sarah Mitton and Camryn Rogers.
CBC Sports will broadcast a live daily primetime show on CBC Gem throughout the 10-day competition, providing coverage of the day’s events.
“The broadcast team helping to bring the excitement of the competition to audiences across Canada includes: CBC Sports host Andi Petrillo; award-winning play-by-play commentator Mark Lee; Olympian Kate Van Buskirk; Olympian and two-time Commonwealth Games decathlon champion Michael Smith; CBC Sports’ Scott Russell trackside in Oregon; and Olympian and World Champion hurdler Perdita Felicien contributing to the weekend primetime shows for CBC Gem,” the release reads.
“Petrillo and Felicien will also co-host CBC Sports’ regular weekend afternoon broadcast coverage on CBC TV,” the release adds.
In addition, a daily 30-minute digital show, CBC Sports Live, will precede the primetime show on CBC Gem, and will also be available live on cbcsports.ca, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
“Hosted by Olympian Anastasia Bucsis, the digital series will include discussion of the day’s events, analysis of the results, and preview future competitions. Bucsis will be joined daily by CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux, who will be on the ground in Eugene, Oregon, providing regular updates for cbcsports.ca,” the release says.
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