De Grasse wins third 100-metre title at Canadian track and field championships
OTTAWA — Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse was banking on a fast time in his final 100-metre race before next month’s world championships.
The triple medallist from last summer’s Rio Olympics won his third consecutive 100 title at the Canadian track and field championships on Friday, crossing in 10.11 seconds.
But in the moments after the victory, De Grasse admitted disappointment in his time — both for the Ottawa fans that squeezed into the grandstand at Terry Fox Stadium, and because it was his final 100 before his showdown with Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt next month in London.
“This is the last one, so that’s why I wanted to try to put down a time,” De Grasse said. “I couldn’t tell you exactly what happened. Ran the semis, felt pretty good, shut it down. And the finals. . . I don’t know what happened, I thought I was ready to run a fast time and a little disappointed I couldn’t give the crowd what they wanted.”