His official finish time was 12:58.61. Ahmed gave Canada its first Olympic medal ever in a men’s long distance track event.
Canada’s team of Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, and Brendon Rodney has won bronze in the men’s 4×100-metre relay.
Julia Grosso scored the winning goal to the end. Sweden’s Stina Blackstenius scored in the 34th minute but Jessie Fleming took advantage from the penalty spot in the 67th minute
Five years after he came within seconds of the Olympic podium, Evan Dunfee took that historic step for Canada, winning bronze at Tokyo 2020.
The highest number of medals won by Canada til date were in 1984 when Canada claimed 44 gold medals. Canada has a total of 18 medals so far and this medal tally has taken place after almost 3 decades.
Grasse won the 200m race with a national record of 19.62 seconds. He had come second in this event behind Usain Bolt of Jamaica at Rio 2016.