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Canadian André de Grasse who won three medals at the Tokyo Olympics, continued to run well this season with a win on Saturday in a ripping 9.74 first-place finish in Eugene, Oregon at Hayward Field. It is a season-best.
Andre De Grasse! Three medals in Tokyo weren’t enough. He adds a 100-metre win at @nikepreclassic in Oregon with a 🔥🔥🔥 time of 9.74 (wind: +2.9)! pic.twitter.com/mSGCtxSoQv
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) August 21, 2021
De Grasse defeated Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Fred Kerley, who finished in 9.78. Fellow American Ronnie Baker clocked a 9.82 finish time for third. For Kerley, it is a pending new personal best performance. Baker finished fifth in Tokyo. During the rounds he set a new personal best of 9.83. Saturday’s race was 1/100th of a second faster.
| 1 | 6 | CAN | de GRASSE André | 9.74 | 3 | 18 | 9.89 | 9.89 |
| 2 | 5 | USA | KERLEY Fred | 9.78 | 6 | 14 | 9.84 | 9.84 |
| 3 | 2 | USA | BAKER Ronnie | 9.82 | 1 | 22 | 9.83 | 9.83 |
As per Tokyo, the Americans didn’t fare well in the sprints. In the women’s 100m event, Jamaicans went 1-2-3. Sha’Carri Richardson finished dead last.
Other events
In the women’s 1500m, Kenyan Faith Kipyegon parlayed her Tokyo gold-medal fitness to Prefontaine. She won in the time of 3:53.23. The 27-year-old’s personal best was set this season at 3:51.07 in the Monaco Diamond League meet in June.
Australian Linden Hall finished well back at 3:59.72 and American Jostte Norris clocked a 4:00.07 third-place finish.
| 1 | 13 | KEN | KIPYEGON Faith | 3:53.23MR | 1 | 23 | 3:51.07 | 3:51.07 |
| 2 | 5 | AUS | HALL Linden | 3:59.73 | 9 | 7 | 3:59.01 | 3:59.01 |
| 3 | 8 | USA | NORRIS Josette | 4:00.07 | 13 | 6 | 3:59.72 | 3:59.72 |
Men’s mile
Like Kipyegon, Norweigen Jacob Ingebrigtsen carried on winning after taking gold in Tokyo, this time in the mile with a 3:47.24 performance. Aussie Stewart McSweyn finished second in the time of 3:48.40, while Kenyan Timothy Cheruiyot clocked a 3:51.17 third-place finish.
For the 20-year-old Ingebrigtsen, it was another impressive win after taking gold in the 1500m distance event in Tokyo with a 3:28.32 finish time.
All 11 finishers clocked well under the four-minute benchmark, including Canadian Mo Ahmed, known for his 5000m and 10,000m prowess. Ahmed set a new personal best to finish 10th in the time of 3:53.87.
| 1 | 11 | NOR | INGEBRIGTSEN Jakob | 3:47.24WLNRDLRMRPB | 3:51.30 | |||
| 2 | 10 | AUS | McSWEYN Stewart | 3:48.40 | 3:48.37 | 3:48.37 | ||
| 3 | 12 | KEN | CHERUIYOT Timothy | 3:51.17 | 3:49.64 |
