VIDEO: Women’s 1,500m prelims highlights from the Canadian Track Championships

All event favourites, including Sheila Reid, Gabriela Stafford and Nicole Sifuentes, advanced to the 1,500m finals at the 2017 Canadian Track and Field Championships.

The top-12 women from two heats of preliminary rounds advanced to Sunday’s final on Saturday morning at the national championships at Terry Fox Facility in Ottawa. The top four in each heat advanced automatically while the next four fastest, based on qualifying time, too move on to the finals where the national champion will be decided.

The women’s 1,500m final is slated for 12:35 p.m. EDT on July 9. Lucia Stafford, the sister of Gabriela, is the youngest of the qualifiers. She was born in 1998.

Qualifiers

The 12 women who move on to Sunday's 1500m final at #ACTF2017 pic.twitter.com/Iy2sJnn9bq

— Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) July 8, 2017

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Useful links

Results/Start list

Webcast (free)

Athletes to watch

Tickets

Event schedule

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