TOKYO - Marco Arop missed out on a gold-medal repeat.

The Canadian track star also didn't leave Japan National Stadium empty-handed.

The 27-year-old from Edmonton won bronze with a season-best time of one minute 41.95 seconds in the men's 800-metre final Saturday.

Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya led start to finish to claim his first world title in a event-record time of 1:41.86. Algeria's Djamel Sedjati, who Arop beat in a photo-finish in the semifinals, passed the Canadian down the stretch and took silver in 1:41.90.

Arop was looking to become the third Canadian to defend a world title in Tokyo after hammer throwers Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., and Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo, B.C., won their second straight gold medals.

"I’m really happy to come out with some hardware

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