South Asia’s fastest man Yupun Priyadarshana Abeykoon clocked 10.16 seconds and came in 5th place in the Oslo Leg of the Diamond League. Andre De Grasse won the race with a timing of 10.05 seconds.
The Canadian Andre De Grasse won the 100 metres at the Diamond League meet at Bislett Stadium in Oslo with a season-best time of 10.05 seconds, bouncing back from a last-place finish in 10.21 seconds during his last race at the Prefontaine Classic in May.
De Grasse, the 27-year-old two-time reigning Olympic bronze medallist in the event, struggled to begin the 2022 season, and has still yet to crack the 10-second mark. His personal best of 9.89 was set at the Tokyo Olympics, where he also won 200m gold and helped the Canadian 4x100m relay team to silver.
But the Oslo race has the Canadian headed in the right direction with nationals coming up next week in Langley, B.C., which determines the team for the world championships in July in Eugene, Ore.
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