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Commonwealth Games 2018 latest:
Canada's Olympic sprint medallist Andre De Grasse has withdrawn from next month's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast over poor fitness.
The 23-year-old won the Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at Rio 2016 and bronze in the 100m and 4x100m relay.
He missed last year's IAAF World Athletics Championships in London due to injury.
The injury has healed, De Grasse would have become the first Canadian winner of the 100m at the Commonwealth Games since Ben Johnson at Edinburgh in 1986 if he participate in gold coast.
De Grasse's injury leaves Yohan Blake as the clear favourite to become the fourth consecutive Jamaican to win the Commonwealth Games 100m.
Blake was ranked second in the world last year behind the United States' Christian Coleman with a best time of 9.90sec.
But team-mate Julian Forte was only slightly slower at 9.91, while South Africa's Akani Simbine ran 9.92 as they ranked third and fourth in the world.
The 28-year-old Blake, long predicted to be Usain Bolt's successor, arrived in Australia today to prepare for the Gold Coast 2018, from April 4 to 15.
Blake has won four Olympic medals, including gold in the 4x100m relay at London 2012 and Rio 2016. He also won the 100m at the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu in South Korea.
He has never competed in the Commonwealth Games but will be seeking to follow in the footsteps of Asafa Powell, the winner at Melbourne 2006, Lerone Clarke, the champion at Delhi 2010, and Kemar Bailey-Cole, gold medallist at Glasgow 2014, as previous Jamaican winners.
Yohan Blake has been warned by the legendary Usain Bolt to go for the Commonwealth Games 100 metres title at Gold Coast 2018 or "there will be problem.
