How to watch the Harry Jerome International Track Classic

Canadians will see stars like Andre De Grasse and Melissa Bishop compete on home soil on Wednesday evening.

The highly-popular Harry Jerome International Track Classic, named after the Canadian track star and bronze medallist at the 1964 Olympic Games, goes off tonight at Coquitlam’s Percy Perry Stadium in the Metro Vancouver. The race marks the first time that De Grasse will compete in Canada in 2017. (He was expected to do the 200m too but is not currently on the start list.) Bishop raced in Windsor, Ont. in May before heading to Oregon and overseas to Europe for various Diamond League events.

Media day in Vancouver, as we get set for the @Harry_Jerome Classic tomorrow pic.twitter.com/jdtHJCdytn

— Stuart McMillan (@StuartMcMillan1) June 27, 2017

You can access the live stream, free of charge, here. Coverage begins at 8:50 p.m. EDT.

De Grasse, a three-time Olympic medallist, is coming off a scorching 9.69 performance over 100m in Stockholm, Sweden. The 22-year-old will run the 100m (12:02 a.m. EDT) at the B.C. competition. Bishop, the Canadian record holder over 800m, is the heavy favourite going into the two-lap event, which goes off at 11:40 p.m. EDT. She is the reigning world championship silver medallist from 2015.

Another Olympic medallist is in the field, Damian Warner, the 10-discipline specialist. Watch for him in the 110m hurdles as he focuses on the high hurdles (11:35 p.m. EDT) and the long jump on Wednesday. Akeem Haynes, who was part of the 4x100m relay squad which won bronze in Rio, goes up against De Grasse in the 100m.

Harry Jerome is sold out.

High-performance schedule (all times EDT, running events included, notable athletes bolded)

9:20 p.m. Sheraton Vancouver Airport 800m National (Women)
9:25 RYU 800m National (Men)
9:44 Athletics Canada 4 X 100m Relay Gr 5/2006 & under (Girls)
9:47 TELUS 4 X 100m Gr 5/2006 & under (Boys)
9:51 Province of BC 4 X 100m Relay Gr 7 /2004 & under (Girls)
9:54 Province of BC 4 X 100m Relay Gr 7/2004 & under (Boys)
9:58 TSN 3,000m (Men)
10:30 Vancouver Sun 100m Special Olympics (Women)
10:35 TELUS 100m Special Olympics (Men)
10:40 TSN 100m Paralympic
10:47 TELUS 200m (Women)
10:52 TELUS 200m (Men)
10:57 Fairmont Pacific Rim 1,500m (Women)
11:04 Stanley Park Brewing Foundation 1,500m (Men)
11:11 Wesbild 400m (Women)
11:17 Lamar Transit Advertising 400m (Men)
11:27 BC Athletics 100m Hurdles (Women)
11:35 Athletics Canada 110m Men’s Hurdles (Men) Warner
11:40 Government of Canada 800m (Women) Bishop, Nicole Sifuentes, Sheila Reid
11:46 Government of Canada 800m (Men) Anthony Romaniw
11:54 Vancouver Sun 100m (Women)
12:02 a.m. Vancouver Sun 100m (Men) De Grasse, Haynes

The Harry Jerome International Track Classic is Canada’s longest running track and field event and often acts as a springboard for athletes competing at big summer championships. In this case, the marquee event of the summer will be the IAAF World Championships in London.

The mid-week competition will, for many athletes, be the final tune-up before the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa. Nationals begins on July 3.

Full Harry Jerome International Track Classic schedule/entries