Ottawa sprinter Lauren Gale is headed to the Paris Olympics next month, where she will run the 400-metres and likely the 4×400-metre relay. This won’t be the first time the 24-year-old has travelled to the Games on the national team — but it will be her first time competing. Three years ago, Gale flew to Tokyo as an athlete who could be picked to run a leg of the women’s 4x400m relay team, but was ultimately an alternate and watched from the stands as the team of Madeline Price, Sage Watson, Kyra Constantine and Alicia Brown raced to a fourth-place finish.