Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from July, 2021

Andre De Grasse captures the Canadian Olympic bronze in the men's 100m dash.

Andre De Grasse captures the Canadian Olympic bronze in the men's 100m dash. Runner-up Andre De Grasse took home the bronze medal in the men's 100m event, becoming the first Canadian athlete to reach the podium at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. De Grasse, who also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, finished third last Sunday, using a fine time of 9.89 seconds after Italy gold medalist Lamont Marcell Jacobs and American Fred Kerley won silver. LEARN MORE: Olympic medal counts: Here is the winner of the Tokyo Games Ontarian, 26, made it to the finals during the best season of 9.91 seconds in the heat on Saturday. The race started with a lie about the non-use of Zharnel Hughes from Britain. With 9.80 seconds leading, Italy's Jacobs took gold followed by American Kerley who also clocked his best time with 9.84 seconds. Two hours before the final game.De Grasse ran a 9.98 and finished second in his semi-final and sevent Team Canada bronze medalist Andre De Grasse,gold medali...