Canadian Andre de Grasse easily qualified for the 200m final at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.
De Grasse completed the event in 19.73 seconds, the fastest time in the semi-finals and now a Canadian record.
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In the final, he will try to do better than he did in Rio, five years ago, where he took the silver after coming right behind Usain Bolt.
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He will be accompanied by another Maple Leaf representative, Aaron Brown, who won the second wave of the semi-finals at End of the Picture. It showed a time of 19.99 seconds matching that of Liberian Joseph Wahnbuleh and American Noah Lyles.
The final will be held on Wednesday morning.
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Mohamed Ahmed and Justin Knight qualified for the 5000m final. Ahmed scored the fastest lap of the thirteenth on the first lap, but the second on the first wave showed a much slower pace, clocking 13:38.96. In this wave, compatriot Lucas Prochet (13:44.08) failed to qualify.
Meanwhile, Knight finished third in the second wave with a time of 13:30.22 and will also be in the final on Friday.
In the hammer throw final, Canadian Camryn Rogers stayed in the top three for a long time, shooting 74.35 metres. However, it took fifth place.
On the men’s side, Tim Naidoo did not advance to the shot put, finishing 31st and last with a shot of 19.42 metres.
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