De Grasse runs Olympic 100m standard and season's best for 3rd at Paavo Nurmi Games

Andre De Grasse fell short of his third victory of the outdoor season but did run a season-best 10.00 seconds to match the entry standard for the Paris Olympics on Tuesday at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.

He is the 26th athlete to run standard in the distance. Before Tuesday, De Grasse was 32nd among the top 56 for Olympic selection, based on world rankings points.

Brendon Rodney (24th) of Brampton, Ont., also matched the 10.00 standard last July 28 at the Canadian track and field championships in Langley, B.C. Toronto's Aaron Brown, who is relay teammates with De Grasse and Rodney, is 35th.

Tuesday's time is De Grasse's fastest since his 9.89 personal-best performance at the 2021 Diamond League Final, but he hasn't run under 10 seconds in 20 races since.

The Markham, Ont., sprinter qualified fifth for Tuesday's eight-man final in 10.15 about 65 minutes earlier at Paavo Nurmi Stadium.

He went 10.05 on June 16, 2022 at the Bislett Games Diamond League event in Oslo, Norway while his best this year entering Tuesday was 10.10 when he captured the 100 and 200 at 63rd Ostrava Golden Spike meet on May 28 in the Czech Republic.

WATCH | De Grasse runs 10.10-second season best over 100m in Ostrava:

Reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, De Grasse's training partner together at the Tumbleweed Track Club in Jacksonville, Fla., won Tuesday in 9.92, a meet record. It is also the fifth fastest time this season, and his second victory in Turku since 2020.

Jacobs, who was born in the United States but represents Italy, was the lone runner to run under 10 seconds in the heats, going 9.99 to beat De Grasse (10.15) and Canada's Jerome Blake (10.25) who ran a 10.17 SB in the final for fifth place.

De Grasse defeated Jacobs