Canada’s Olympic champion, Andre De Grasse, had a profitable day on the observe on Tuesday, profitable each the boys’s 100m and 200m occasions on the 63rd Ostrava Golden Spike Continental Tour meet within the Czech Republic.
De Grasse recorded season’s greatest occasions within the 100m and 200m, regardless of the cool and wet circumstances. He gained the 100m, beating 2021 Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs, in a time of 10.10 seconds, then adopted it up with one other win within the 200m 90 minutes later, in 20.09 seconds.
Degrasse on prime over 100m 👀 @De6rasse beats @crazylongjumper at @ZlataTretra with 10.10.#ContinentalTourGold
Watch 📺: https://t.co/3p8Ulw72C1 pic.twitter.com/n9snTjQM0Q— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) Could 28, 2024
“It’s coaching session for me,” De Grasse informed World Athletics in a post-race interview. “I wished to return out right here, take a look at my health and endurance and see the place I’m at.”
For De Grasse, working these occasions in less-than-ideal circumstances simply two months earlier than the Paris Olympic Video games is an efficient signal, with the Bell Canadian Monitor and Discipline Trials 4 weeks from now. De Grasse has already hit Olympic qualification within the 200 metres, however has but to run the 100m commonplace of 10.00 seconds.
De Grasse making a press release right here in Ostrava 🙌
The Canadian wins the 100m and 200m on the World Athletics Continental Tour simply 2 months out from #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/NX0PCMN0zW
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) Could 28, 2024
“It’s early within the season, however I’m pleased with the outcome. The climate was a bit of bit chilly for the 200, however subsequent time I’ll get the sub-20,” De Grasse stated. He’ll now head internationally to Taiwan to race one other 200m on June 2.
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot information 1,500m season’s greatest
Though Quebec’s Charles Philibert-Thiboutot already hit the Olympic commonplace for the boys’s 1,500m occasion final 12 months, he has had a slower begin to the 2024 outside season than he wished. Philibert-Thiboutot opened his season with a 3:36.73 on Could 19 and adopted six days later with a 3:37.10 effort in France. On Tuesday afternoon in Ostrava, the 33-year-old ran a season’s greatest 3:34.50, after placing himself able to win with one lap to go.
The daring transfer labored out for Philibert-Thiboutot, as he knocked two seconds off his earlier greatest from this season and completed fourth. He’ll compete once more within the 1,500m occasion at this Sunday’s Stockholm Diamond League in Sweden.
