Bolt wins 100m at Diamond League Monaco; De Grasse, relay team DQ'd

Olympic star Usain Bolt held off the field to win the 100 metres Friday at IAAF Diamond League Monaco event, while Canada’s 4×100-metre men’s relay team of Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Gavin Smellie was disqualified after a bad exchange.  Bolt edged American Isiah Young to win in a season-best time of 9.95 […]

De Grasse 'booted out' of 100m showdown against Bolt

Canadians anxious for a world championships preview pitting an improved Andre De Grasse and world-record holder Usain Bolt in the 100 metres at Monaco on Friday will be disappointed. De Grasse and Bolt will be at the final Diamond League meet before worlds, which will be live streamed at CBCSports.ca at 2 p.m. ET, but […]

Andre De Grasse tops field in 200m at Diamond League

Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse finished first and set a meeting record in the 200-metre race at the Diamond League stop in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday. The Markham, Ont., native ran the distance in 20.03 seconds. Ameer Webb of the U.S. was second with a time of 20.18, while Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes registered a […]

De Grasse, Emmanuel pile up the gold at Canadian track championships

Andre De Grasse pulled away from the rest of the pack to win the 200-metre race at the Canadian track and field championships on Sunday in Ottawa. De Grasse clocked a wind-aided 19.96 seconds to secure the victory, two days after he posted a victory in the 100.  “I’m happy…to run sub-20 [seconds] here,” said De […]

De Grasse easily moves on to 100M final at Canadian championships

Andre De Grasse cruised to an easy 10.16 seconds to win his 100-metre semifinals at the Canadian track and field championships on Friday. The triple medallist from last summer’s Rio Olympics took one glance around before coasting through the finish line on a track still slick from an earlier thunderstorm. With the final slated for later Friday, […]