麻豆精选鈥檚 Jerome Blake is thousands of miles away, but his heart is back home to all those affected by the wildfires.
Blake, who is competing for Canada at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, finished fifth in his 100 metre heat on Friday, Aug 18, failing to qualify for the final.
Afterwards, he was interviewed, and it was clear that his mind was elsewhere.
"My heart is with 麻豆精选 right now"
鈥� CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 19, 2023
Canada's Jerome Blake's heart isn't in it right now at #Budapest2023, it's at home with his family in B.C. where wildfires continue to rage pic.twitter.com/CzELpNBH8e
His mother, Georgia, was at home in 麻豆精选, luckily just out reach of the evacuation area.
鈥淚 work in a senior home, so families and residents, some of them are going there for families, we have been on watch,鈥� Georgia told 麻豆精选 Cap News. 鈥淎t that time, (on Friday), he thought I wasn鈥檛, as I was working but I am okay.鈥�
Blake will be staying in Budapest, to run both the 4x100, 4x200 and individual 200 m race, before heading back home to check on his family.
鈥淚 posted on Facebook letting my friends know I am all good, so I hope he got that message,鈥� Georgia laughed.
To keep up-to-date with Blake鈥檚 athletic results, visit worldathletics.org.
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