Italy's Marcell Jacobs, the reigning Olympic champion in the 100 metres, defeated Canada's Andre De Grasse for the first time in three outdoor races this season on Tuesday at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.
Andre De Grasse fell short of his third victory of the outdoor season but did run a season-best 10.00 seconds to match the entry standard for the Paris Olympics at Tuesday's Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.Italy's Marcell Jacobs, the reigning Olympic champion in the 100 metres, defeated Canada's Andre De Grasse for the first time in three outdoor races this season on Tuesday at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.
Tuesday's time is De Grasse's fastest since his 9.89 personal-best performance at the 2021 Diamond League Final, but he hasn't run under 10 seconds in 20 races since. Reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, De Grasse's training partner together at the Tumbleweed Track Club in Jacksonville, Fla., won Tuesday in 9.92, the fifth fastest time this season.Jacobs, who was born in the United States but represents Italy, was the lone runner to run under 10 seconds in the heats, going 9.99 to beat De Grasse and Canada's Jerome Blake who ran a 10.17 SB in the final for fifth place.
The reigning world champion's throw of 73.36 metres topped the field of eight, with Finland's Silja Kosonen second and Denmark's Katrine Koch Jacobsen third .On May 25, Rogers set a Diamond League record with a 77.66 heave at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. Before Tuesday, the 29-year-old Newman had worked her way back slowly from a Grade 2 sprain suffered following a training session the day before the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.She returned to competition May 26 and was second at the Bob Vigars Classic at Alumni Stadium in London, Ont. She didn't record a clearance a week later at the Johnny Loaring Classic in Windsor, Ont., before going 4.30, 4.55 at separate meets in early June.
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