Diamond League: De Grasse first, Bishop third in Birmingham
At the sixth Diamond League event in Birmingham, England, Andre De Grasse and Melissa Bishop both ran season’s best times, finishing first and third respectively on Sunday.
A strong finish by De Grasse gave the Canadian his first Diamond league victory of the season, crossing the line in 20.16 seconds in the men’s 200 metre, despite a -1.5m/s head wind. Coming off the corner, De Grasse sat just behind the leaders, before a strong finished allowed him to edge out Panama’s Alonso Edward (20.16s). Sean McLean from the United States finished third in 20.24s.
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Bishop raced to third and a new season’s best of one minutes 58:48s in the women’s 800m. The Canadian record holder bettered her time from Thursday’s event in Rome, where she opened her season with a seventh place finish in 1:59.97s. Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba won Sunday’s event in 1:56.92s, France’s Renelle Lamote claimed second in 1:58:01s.
Next up, Canadians will head to Oslo for the seventh Diamond League event.
