De Grasse finishes 2nd in tight 200m at Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo

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· Posted: May 18, 2025 8:54 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Canadian sprint prima Andre De Grasse finished 0.05 seconds distant from triumph successful the men's 200 metres astatine the World Athletics Continental Tour's Golden Grand Prix successful Tokyo.

The Markham, Ont., autochthonal was held disconnected by 23-year-old American Robert Gregory, who won with a clip of 20.24 (-2.0 m/s wind) connected Sunday.

WATCH l De Grasse edged by Gregory in 200m astatine Golden Grand Prix:

Japan's Shota Iizuka took 3rd spot successful 20.67.

De Grasse, who won Olympic golden successful the 200m in 2021, is searching for his 2nd triumph successful the region this season. The 30-year-old won the lawsuit astatine past month's Florida Relays before finishing fourth in his Grand Slam Track debut earlier this month in Miami.

WATCH l Full replay of Seiko Golden Grand Prix:

De Grasse's Olympic relay teammate Jerome Blake was besides successful enactment successful Tokyo, but the Kelowna, B.C., autochthonal finished last successful his first-round vigor successful the men's 100m with a clip of 11.54.

Japan's Hiroki Yanagita went connected to triumph the 100 final in 10.06 (+1.1 m/s), placing conscionable up of Americans Christian Miller (10.08) and Christian Coleman (10.11).

WATCH l Yanagita wins 100m successful beforehand of location crowd:

Sade McCreath of Ajax, Ont., was 3rd successful the women's 100m, clocking 11.46 to decorativeness behind Australia's Bree Rizzo (11.38) and American Twanisha Terry (11.42).

The 28-year-old McCreath finished 0.01 seconds up of American prima Sha'Carri Richardson.

Tokyo volition besides big the World Athletics Championships from Sept. 13-21.

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WATCH l McCreath sprints to 3rd-place decorativeness successful Tokyo: