Andre De Grasse wins 200m at Florida Relays near training base

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· Posted: Apr 04, 2025 9:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

Canadian sprint prima Andre De Grasse won the men's 200-metre last astatine the Florida Relays successful Gainesville, Fla., connected Friday.

De Grasse, the reigning Olympic champion successful the distance, won the contention successful a clip of 20.32 seconds (-0.8 m/s wind), edging second-place finisher Robert Gregory of the United States by conscionable four-tenths of a second.

The 30-year-old De Grasse hails from Markham, Ont., and present trains successful Gainesville under manager Mike Holloway.

Ottawa's Eliezer Adjib placed fifth in 20.80, portion Austin Cole (21.03) of Sherwood Park, Alta., and William Batley (21.06) of Carp, Ont., finished sixth and seventh, respectively.

Christopher Morales-Williams of Vaughan, Ont., was past among the 10 finishers, clocking 21.34.

De Grasse and Morales-Williams were besides scheduled to vie successful Saturday's 4x100m relay.