De Grasse sixth in men’s 200 at worlds; LePage, Warner poised for decathlon medals

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canada will finish without a sprinting medal at the World Athletics after reigning Olympic champion Andre De Grasse struggled to a sixth-place finish in the men’s 200-metres final.

De Grasse, who had reached the podium at every Olympics and world championships he competed in heading into Budapest, finished with a time of 20.14 seconds.

Noah Lyles of the United States was first in 19.52 seconds, followed by fellow American Erriyon Knighton (19.75) and Letslie Tebogo (19.81).

Earlier, Canada’s 4×100 relay team, minus De Grasse, failed to advance out of the heats and will not defend the title it won in 2022.