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Athletics Canada hopeful its athletes will have competitive opportunities ahead of Tokyo Olympics Doug Harrison © Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters/File Middle-distance runner Lindsey Butterworth is confident Athletics Canada will offer its track and field athletes opportunities to compete safely across the country leading up to the Tokyo Olympics in July. Lindsey Butterworth hadn t raced in four months and was restless. The middle-distance runner could have stayed home and done time trials in Burnaby, B.C., but knew competing at a high-level event would better prepare her for the Tokyo Olympics. Butterworth was also anxious about coronavirus and travelling as she considered race options in Arkansas and Texas before deciding to compete at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix last Saturday in Staten Island, New York.

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