Andre De Grasse and Damian Warner are among the latest Canadian Olympians to scratch this week’s track and field nationals from their competition schedule.
De Grasse, the two-time Olympic triple medallist, will not run in the 100 and 200 metres in Langley, B.C., after testing positive for COVID-19 upon his return from France, where he ran a season-best 20.38 seconds in the 200 on Saturday at the Meeting de Paris Diamond League meet.
The sprinter from Markham, Ont., is home in Jacksonville, Fla., his agent Brian Levine confirmed to CBC Sports on Tuesday.
“I’m obviously pretty disappointed not to be able to race at
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