BREAKING Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse takes bronze medal at the 100-metre dash
The 26-year-old ran 9.89 seconds -- a personal best by De Grasse -- but couldn’t quite catch up to gold medal winner Italy's Marcell Jacobs and silver medal winner American Fred Kerley.
The 26-year-old from Markham, Ont., ran 9.98 seconds, finishing behind American Fred Kerley . De Grasse had the seventh fastest time out of the three semifinals. The Canadian, who's the reigning Olympic bronze medallist in the 100, was coming off a 9.91 performance the previous night, the fastest time of the heats.
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