Wind-aided De Grasse runs blistering time

Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse captured his third straight Diamond League victory Sunday. The 22-year-old from Markham, Ont., pulled away from the field to win the 100 metres in a blistering 9.69 seconds. The time would have been both a Canadian record and a big personal best for De Grasse, but the wind reading was an illegal 4.8 metres per second — anything two metres and above is illegal. The Canadian record is 9.84, held by both Donovan Bailey (1996 Olympics) and Bruny Surin (1999 world championships). De Grasse previously captured a 100m and 200m title in other Diamond League competitions. Meanwhile, Melissa Bishop of Eganville, Ont., was fourth in the women’s 800 metres.