De Grasse ties for bronze at worlds

Down in the bowels of the Bird’s Nest Stadium, in the moments before marching out for his heat of the men’s 100 metres Saturday night, Canada’s young sprint star Andre De Grasse was feeling nervous.

But, demonstrating incredible poise, he ran a new personal-best time of 9.92 seconds to finish in a dead tie for the bronze medal with his NCAA rival Trayvon Bromell of the U.S.

Andre De Grasse and Trayvon Bromwell won the bronze medal at the games.

Besides, Sharpe says turning pro now would alter the formula that bred the results that made De Grasse so visible in the first place.

American Tyson Gay (9.96) and Jamaica’s Asafa Powell (9.97) topped the third semifinal to move on.

Gatlin, who won the 100 at the 2004 Olympics before serving a four-year suspension for doping, had been unbeaten in 2015 and had the season-leading time of 9.74 heading into the race.

Theisen-Eaton appeared to be struggling with pressure in a season that saw her arrive in China with the world’s top score this season in the heptathlon.

Usain Bolt stumbled in his semifinal of the 100 meters and had to work hard in the latter half of the race to qualify in a time of 9.96 seconds.

Canada’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton has won a silver medal in the women’s heptathlon at the world track and field championships.

Jessica Ennis-Hill is on course for World Championship gold after Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s challenge collapsed in agonising fashion. “Thinking ‘If I get a medal … like that will happen”‘.

“So I just stayed straightfaced”, De Grasse said, laughing.

Beyond the IAAF bonuses, it’s not clear how much money De Grasse stands to collect by now turning pro. “I was waiting to see who they were going to give it to, Bromell or me, both of us got it, I’m really happy for him”. Theisen-Eaton earned 6,554, which was well off the Canadian record of 6,808 she set earlier this summer. “I went to bed in tears, trying to figure out what was going on”.

“Then I was in tears again, I was crying these whole two days”, she said.

Two hours later, the sprinters lined up at the track for the finals- the last event of day two. This sis something she accomplished just over a year after giving birth.

Thorne sparked Canada’s strong day with his racewalk bronze in the morning. He broke the Canadian record in the 200 twice and became the first Canadian in 15 years to break the 10-second barrier in the 100.

“I was in third, and I was like ‘Wow”. Benjamin Thorne pulled a fast one finishing the event in a time of 1:19:57 bringing home a bronze medal for Canada.