De Grasse through to 100m semifinal on second day of track and field at Paris 2024

Six-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse got onto the track at Paris 2024 for the first time on Saturday.

In the first round of the men’s 100m, the two-time Olympic bronze medallist in the event qualified for the semifinal with a time of 10.07 seconds. He finished third in his heat, and had the 18th fastest time out of the 27 qualified runners.

“I was a little lackadaisical at the start and that kind of tossed me. I tried to come back but, obviously, you can’t run a 9.9 like that,” said DeGrasse.