No sprint medals for Canada at worlds as De Grasse finishes sixth
De Grasse, who had reached the podium at every Olympics and world championships he competed in heading into Budapest, finished with a time of 20.14 seconds.Noah Lyles of the United States was first in 19.52 seconds, followed by fellow American Erriyon Knighton and Letslie Tebogo of Botswana .
The Canadian team, consisting of Toronto’s Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake of Kelowna, B.C., and Bolade Ajomale of Richmond Hill, Ont., finished sixth in the second heat and 10th overall with a time of 38.25 seconds. The same four sprinters had collected bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics a year before, a medal that was upgraded to silver in May 2022 due to a doping violation by British team member CJ Ujah.
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