De Grasse runs blistering – but wind-aided – 9.69 to win in Stockholm
A stiff breeze may have kept sprint star Andre De Grasse from a Canadian record.
But with his blistering victory in the 100 metres at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm on Sunday, the 22-year-old from Markham, Ont., served notice that the national mark isn’t long for the books.
De Grasse crossed in 9.69 seconds, one of the fastest wind-aided times in history, and what would have been a Canadian record and a big personal best. But the wind reading was an illegal 4.8 metres per second — anything above two metres is considered wind-aided.
“It was a shock to me when I saw the time on the board,” De Grasse said on the IAAF website. “I just wanted to run sub-10 and I didn’t feel in the shape to run that fast.