Just days after the World Athletics Championships, some top athletes were back on the track at a Diamond League stop in Zurich, Switzerland.
CBC SportsCanada's Andre De Grasse, seen above in 2022, placed fifth in the men's 200 metres at the Diamond League stop on Thursday in Zurich, Switzerland.Canada's Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in a loaded men's 200-metre field.
De Grasse, who was sixth at worlds, crossed the finish line in 20.26 seconds, with Brown just behind at 20.39 seconds.18 hours agoAndre De Grasse ran a 200 metre time of 20.26 finishing fifth, and fellow Canadian Aaron Brown posted a time of 20.39 as he crossed the line in sixth at the Diamond League event in Zürich, Switzerland.
"Everybody wants to beat me and everybody wants the cake and the crown, but I am not giving it to them," Lyles said. "Today, we did not have perfect conditions, it was pretty cold. But a win is a win." Jamaica's Shericka Jackson easily won the women's 200, while Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou took another men's long jump title and Sweden's Armand Duplantis was victorious in men's pole vault.
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