Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse capped a comeback season in style Saturday as he raced to a bronze medal in the menB次元官网网址檚 100 metres at the world track and field championships.

The star runner from Markham, Ont., surged past Commonwealth Games champion Akani Simbine late in the race to finish in a personal-best time of 9.90 seconds.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 grateful to find myself back on the podium, De Grasse said. B次元官网网址淭oday was definitely a good sign with the personal-best. Next year is going to be a good year for me in the 100 metresB次元官网网址�

Christian Coleman, the favourite in Doha, won with a time of 9.76 seconds, while fellow American and two-time world champion Justin Gatlin was second in 9.89 seconds.

Simbine, from South Africa, was fourth in 9.93 seconds.

Aaron Brown of Toronto finished in eighth in 10.08 seconds in his first 100-metre world championship final.

It was the third career world championship medal for De Grasse, who has rejoined the worldB次元官网网址檚 sprinting elite after a frustrating stretch of two lost seasons to hamstring injuries.

De GrasseB次元官网网址檚 troubles began at the 2017 world championships in London, where his hurt hamstring forced him to withdraw from the 100- and 200-metre events. De Grasse was considered a medal contender in both events B次元官网网址� perhaps even a threat to beat Jamaican legend Usain Bolt B次元官网网址� after a highly successful three-medal performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Now he can put London in the past and look towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with at least one podium result in Doha. Both De Grasse and Brown are medal contenders in the 200 metres, which start with heats on Sunday.

Earlier Saturday, Lindsey Butterworth of Burnaby finished fourth in her womenB次元官网网址檚 800 semifinal in two minutes 0.74 seconds. The top two runners from the three semifinals advanced to the final.

Natasha Wodak of North Vancouver finished 17th in the womenB次元官网网址檚 10,000 metres in 32:31.19.

In the menB次元官网网址檚 800, Brandon McBride of Windsor, Ont., and EdmontonB次元官网网址檚 Marco Arop advanced to SundayB次元官网网址檚 semifinals. McBride won his heat Saturday in 1:45.96 while Arop was second in his in 1:46.12.

TorontoB次元官网网址檚 Crystal Emmanuel was fifth in a fast heat in the womenB次元官网网址檚 100 metres, and her time of 11:30 seconds was enough to see her through to the semifinals.

Canada finished fifth in its heat in the 4x400 mixed relay and didnB次元官网网址檛 advance.

Evan Dunfee of Richmond and Mathieu Bilodeau of Canmore, Alta., competed in the menB次元官网网址檚 50-kilometre racewalk later Saturday.

The Canadian Press

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