BELGRADE, Serbia — Gabriela DeBues-Stafford finished fourth in the women's 3,000 metres at the world athletics indoor championships Friday.
The 26-year-old Toronto native just missed the podium in a time of eight minutes 42.89 seconds, behind Lemlem Hailu of Ethiopia, American Elle Purrier St. Pierre and Ejgayehu Taye, also of Ethiopia.
Earlier in the day, DeBues-Stafford's sister, Lucia Stafford, qualified for the women's 1,500 race final, which is set to go Saturday afternoon.
Stafford came in second place in her heat, clocking in at a time of 4:07.95.
Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner finished ninth in the high jump portion of his heptathlon, but still holds an overall lead in the event with 3,649 points after first-place finishes in the 60-metre sprint and long jump. He also finished ninth in the shot put contest.
Warner will finish the final three events on Saturday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 18, 2022.
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