Aaron Brown will join Andre De Grasse in the 200-m final — not since 1928 have two Canadians qualified in the event
Brown set himself a different goal. “I just wanted to qualify and survive,” he said. Five years ago, he left Rio de Janeiro in “a blaze of humiliation” after a seventh-place semi-final finish. Not so in Tokyo, where he was first in a photo finish so close it took officials long minutes to sort out the first three places. “Feeling pretty easy, like I have more left in the tank,” he said. “It bodes really well and I feel proud of myself.
“We just want to make history and make Canada proud,” added Brown, now competing in this third Olympics. The two men have just over 24 hours before they race again — time, Brown said, to eat, hydrate, get a message and watch Netflix. “I don’t want to over-think it and over-stress,” he said. “The more you think about it and obsess over it, the more you get mentally fatigued.”
He has already posted a personal-best time this week in the 100 metres, when he ran 9.89 seconds for bronze. De Grasses’ two fastest runs in Tokyo have come in the outermost lane, and part of his ambition in running a fast semi-final was to ensure he could run in a similar position for the final.
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