Andre De Grasse failed to qualify for the men’s 100-metre final at the Canadian track and field championships on Friday in Langley, B.C.
The 28-year-old from Markham, Ont., finished ninth in the semifinal, with fellow Olympians Bolade Ajomale, Aaron Brown, Bismark Boateng, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney qualifying for the final.
De Grasse clocked 10.21 seconds. The reigning Olympic men’s 200m champion and 100m bronze medallist is among the athletes who have not yet met their qualifying standards for next month’s world championships in Hungary. The men’s 200m is on Sunday, the same day the qualifying window closes.
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