TOKYO—As he zoomed toward stardom, Andre De Grasse never seemed to be carrying anything on his skinny, greyhound shoulders. De Grasse’s coach Rana Reider had told him that if he was there at the bend he could win, and De Grasse came out with American Kenny Bednarek, stride for stride. Andre De Grasse moved from star to legend on this night, and everything it took to get there came down on him, finally. Before De Grasse came through the mixed zone a Canadian official arrived carrying his Puma shoes, these sudden artifacts, these weightless luminescent things. One day Andre De Grasse will finish this journey that he’s on, and he will leave those shoes for someone else to fill.

Source: thestar August 04, 2021 17:28 UTC