THE FIELD GIVES (STEEPLE)CHASE

Athletes compete during the 3,000-metre steeplechase heats Friday. Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma led all qualifiers with a time of 8:09.83 as he tries to end Kenya’s domination of the event. Kenya has won every Olympic gold since 1984. Girma will be joined in Monday’s final by Matt Hughes, of Oshawa, and John Gay, of Kelowna, B.C.