The two Canadian men advanced to Wednesday’s Olympic 200-metre final, the first time in 93 years a brace of Canadian sprinters has pulled off that Olympic 200-final feat. Both De Grasse and Brown qualified by winning their separate semis in the stupefying fug of a humidity-dripping Tuesday evening. I wanted to save it for the final,” De Grasse told reporters in the mixed zone. It’s a really fast track in Tokyo, and De Grasse is the only sprinter in the 200 final who contested the 100. This is his first solo Olympic final after heartbreaking misses the last two Games.

Source: thestar August 03, 2021 20:35 UTC