BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canada will finish without a sprinting medal at the World Athletics after reigning Olympic champion Andre De Grasse struggled to a sixth-place finish in the men's 200-metres final.
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.
Earlier, Canada's 4x100 relay team, minus De Grasse, failed to advance out of the heats and will not defend the title it won in 2022. The top three teams from the two heats and the next two fastest teams qualified for Saturday’s final.De Grasse, Brown, Blake and Rodney set a Canadian record with a time of 37.48 seconds en route to topping the podium at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore.
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