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No Canadian showdown: De Grasse pulls out from 100m Diamond League race with injury
So much for the Canadian battle in the men’s 100 meters in Stockholm.
Olympic gold medallist Andre De Grasse pulled out of the race due to a groin injury on Sunday, spoiling the chance of a showdown with fellow Canadian Aaron Brown in the season’s seventh Diamond League meet.
The two Toronto natives competed in the 200m event on Friday in Lausanne, Switzerland, when Brown came out on top, but their next clash in Diamond League will have to wait.
Brown finished fifth in Sunday’s race with a time of 10.27 seconds, powering through the wet conditions at the Olympic…