Andre De Grasse didn’t lose gold — he earned bronze. In doing so, he showed he can grind out results and that his best is likely still ahead of him, at these games and beyond. (donnovanbennett)
De Grasse was in last place at 25 metres, which generally means your night is over in lane nine. But, similar to his preparation leading up to these games, he was calm enough to not panic, keep his head down and keep working.
By doing so, De Grasse earned Canada’s first medal won by a man at these Games, adding to the dominance of the women in and out of the pool. The “world’s fastest man” title was unchallenged for most of Usain Bolt’s career. That was supposed to change at these Games. With Christian Coleman’s drug-test-related Tokyo absence, Trayvon Bromell entered the Games as the betting favorite, but he struggled through the heats and missed the final. Bromell entered Tokyo with wins in 15 of his previous 16 100-meter races. His absence on Sunday seemed to clear the top of the podium for De Grasse.
“He's going to be good; he runs just like me, I mean he's really slow at the blocks but when he gets going, he gets going” Bolt said in 2016, predicting De Grasse would rise and take the mantle after Bolt retired. De Grasse is eight-for-eight in Olympic and world championship finals, every big race he’s been in he’s won a medal. De Grasse continues to add to his legacy of big race consistency even though the gold medal still eludes him.
De Grasse usually runs the field down, which is why his 200-metre prospects are even stronger than his 100. But the one 100 is the marquee event, the money maker that might feel like an opportunity lost even though the performance was strong."I feel like every year I'm getting better. I still got time in me" said the ever optimistic to De Grasse to CBC trackside in the mixed zone after his race. “I gave it my best.
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