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Caster Semenya will compete in the 3,000 metres at the Diamond League's Prefontaine Classic on June 30 in Stanford, Calif., a distance she can race without reducing her testosterone levels.

Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse posted his fastest time in nearly two years on Tuesday, finishing the 100 metres in 10.09 seconds to earn a silver medal at the IAAF World Challenge in Nanjing, China.

It was a Canadian 1-2 finish in the men's 200-metre race at the Shanghai Diamond League event on Saturday. Aaron Brown edged teammate Andre De Grasse for the win in a showdown between the country's two top sprinters.

Fit and healthy, Canadian high jumper Mike Mason will continue working on his mental strength and try to carry momentum from a recent world-leading jump of 2.31 metres into his Diamond League season debut Saturday in Shanghai (CBCSports.ca, 7 a.m. ET).

Watch action from the IAAF Diamond League track and field event in Shanghai.

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The South African government says there will be an appeal against the Caster Semenya ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that requires the runner, and other female athletes with high natural testosterone levels, lower them to be eligible to compete in certain events.

The 2020 Olympic standards, which drew criticism from many upon release by the International Association of Athletics Federations in March, have proven to be a challenge early in the outdoor season.

Canada's mixed 4x400-metre team earned the country's lone medal at the IAAF World Relays on Sunday in Yokohama, Japan.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch coverage from the 2019 IAAF World Relays in Japan.