Andre De Grasse places 5th in 1st Diamond League race after worlds
Just days after the World Athletics Championships, some top athletes were back on the track at a Diamond League stop in Zurich, Switzerland.
Canada’s Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in a loaded men’s 200-metre field.
World champion American Noah Lyles took top spot in 19.80 seconds, while bronze medallist Erriyon Knighton of the U.S. was second at 19.87 seconds. England’s Zharnel Hughes, who was fourth at worlds, moved up to third in Zurich with a mark of 19.94 seconds.
De Grasse, who was sixth at worlds, crossed the finish line in 20.26 seconds, with Brown just behind at 20.39 seconds.
Andre De Grasse ran a 200 metre time of 20.26 finishing fifth, and fellow Canadian Aaron Brown posted a time of 20.39 as he crossed the line in sixth at the Diamond League event in Zürich, Switzerland.
Lyles was one of nine recently crowned world champions who followed up their titles with wins in front of about 25,000 people at the Letzigrund Stadium.
“Everybody wants to beat me and everybody wants the cake and the crown, but I am not giving it to them,” Lyles said. “Today, we did not have perfect conditions, it was pretty cold. But a win is a win.”
Fellow American Sha’Carri Richardson won the women’s 100 in 10.88 seconds, slightly slower than her world-championship record time of 10.65 seconds. She beat a strong field that included Jamaican duo Natasha Richardson and Elaine Thompson-Herah.
.jpg?crop=1.777xh:h;*,*&downsize=510px:*510w)
World Champion Sha’Carri Richardson wins the women’s 100m event at the Zurich Diamond League event with a time of 10.88
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson easily won the women’s 200, while Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou took another men’s long jump title and Sweden’s Armand Duplantis was victorious in men’s pole vault.
Danielle Williams of Jamaica followed up her surprising title in the 100 hurdles in Budapest by winning her race in 12.54 seconds.
.jpg?crop=1.777xh:h;*,*&downsize=510px:*510w)
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson dominates the women’s 200m event at the Zurich Diamond League event with a winning time of 21.82.
Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas also returned to the top of the podium in the women’s triple jump.
England’s Josh Kerr, the world 1,500 champion, fell to second in Zurich at three minutes 30.51 behind American Yared Nuguse (3:30.49).
Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi fell from first in men’s high jump at worlds to fourth in Zurich as Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim, with whom he shared Olympic gold in Tokyo, leapt 2.35 metres for the win.
Top athletes visit Zürich, Switzerland for the next stop of the 2023 World Athletics Diamond League season.
