It was a quick, tough turnaround, but Andre De Grasse is now focused on what's ahead.
Canada's Andre De Grasse, centre, of Markham, Ont., competes in the men’s 200m qualifying heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. The 29-year-old crossed the finish line in 20.30 seconds to finish second in Heat 6. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne MuschiIt was a quick, tough turnaround, but Andre De Grasse is now focused on what's ahead.
"It was tough," De Grasse said. "Of course you get the messages from family and back home and I tried to keep my phone on silent not to think about that because I was trying to shift my mind to the 200. De Grasse is the reigning Olympic champion in the 200, setting a personal best of 19.62 seconds at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Before the Olympics, he last ran the 200 at the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix on July 9, where he won with a season-best 19.98 seconds. His coach, Rana Reider, told The Canadian Press that De Grasse ran 'really conservative' in that race. In the women’s 200, Audrey Leduc of Gatineau, Que., finished sixth in her semifinal and did not advance to Tuesday's final. Jacqueline Madogo of Guelph, Ont., who won her repechage heat earlier Monday, placed seventh in the other semifinal and also failed to qualify for the final.
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