{"id":145032,"date":"2025-08-14T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=145032"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:10:47","slug":"newly-crowned-1500m-national-champion-max-davies-sets-his-sights-on-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/shakeout-podcast\/newly-crowned-1500m-national-champion-max-davies-sets-his-sights-on-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian 1,500m champion sets his sights on World Athletics Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/em> Rundown <\/i>returns for this week’s episode of The Shakeout Podcast<\/em>. John Gay<\/strong> is joined by Canadian Running<\/i> staff writer Marley Dickinson <\/strong>to recap the action from last week’s Canadian Track & Field Championships and do a deep dive into who’s in, who’s out, and who’s on the qualifying bubble for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo next month.<\/p>\n

Later on the show, we catch up with newly-minted Canadian 1,500m champion, 21-year-old Max Davies<\/strong>. After missing the outdoor seasons in 2023 and 2024 with injury, Max is back and better than ever in 2025, outkicking an elite field of Canadian middle-distance talent to win his first senior national title last week in Ottawa. With his eyes set on a qualifying mark for Tokyo, he joins the show to discuss his return from injury, his record-breaking season, and how he’s leaned into his status as the dark horse in the hotly contested qualifying battle for Canadian team heading to Tokyo.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
 <\/div>\n
\n
 <\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
\n
View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
\n
\n
 <\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
 <\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
 <\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
 <\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

A post shared by Athletics Canada (@athleticscanada)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n