Canada's Brown, De Grasse finish 5th, 6th respectively in 200m Diamond League event

Canadians Aaron Brown and Andre De Grasse finished neck-and-neck in fifth and sixth place respectively on Friday in the men's 200-metre event - the first of two races against one another this weekend in Diamond League action.

The two countrymates first squared off on the Diamond League's sixth stop of the season in Lausanne, Switzerland, racing alongside one another in the third and fourth lanes.

Toronto's Brown got off to a blazing start, leading all eight competitors to start the race, but eventually lost steam, being overtaken by four athletes, including first-place Letsile Tebogo. The Botswanan won with a time of 20.01. Brown finished with a time of 20.44, while De Grasse clocked in at 20.57.

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