Newman wins pole vault silver, Canadian men fourth in 4x100m relay at Diamond League

LONDON — Canada’s Alysha Newman won silver in women’s pole vault in Diamond League action on Saturday.

Newman, a 30-year-old from Delaware, Ont., cleared 4.75 metres, finishing behind Australia’s Nina Kennedy (4.85).

On the track, Canada finished fourth in the men’s 4×100-metre final.

The foursome of Eliezer Adjibi, Duan Asemota, Brendon Rodney and Jerome Blake ran the relay in 38.35 seconds.