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Canada’s men’s sprint story at last month’s world track and field championships began with the disastrous news that Andre De Grasse was out with an injury. It ended with the 4×100-metre relay team crossing a distant sixth. Now, heading into an off-year in the sport, with no Olympics or world championships, Canada’s fastest men are […]
Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse drew inspiration from Raptors legend Vince Carter to finish his university degree. The 22-year-old from Markham, Ont., who graduated from the University of Southern California last year, was at the premiere of the documentary “The Carter Effect” at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday. “He [Carter] kind of motivated […]
Instead of battling Usain Bolt one final time, Andre De Grasse spent the world track and field championships playing tourist in London. The 22-year-old attended the Arsenal-Chelsea soccer game at Wembley Stadium. He toured the London and Tower bridges. He caught a couple of movies — “War for the Planet of the Apes,” and “Girls […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] De Grasse spoke with CBC Sports’ Scott Russell, and said he is looking forward to running at the Commonwealth Games and the NACAC Senior Championships in Toronto in 2018 CBC | Sports News
Andre De Grasse isn’t the only one disappointed his hamstring injury will keep him out Usain Bolt’s final 100-metre race. Bolt, who has held the title of world’s fastest man since winning gold in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, told CBC Sports’ Perdita Felicien that he was looking forward to racing the 22-year-old Canadian in his final […]
It didn’t take much longer than the two-hour flight from Munich to London for Andre De Grasse to decide what didn’t kill him would make him stronger. In an exclusive interview with the CBC, the 22-year-old Canadian sprinter said he was “devastated” when he emerged from a German doctor’s office with the news he would […]
The news was devastating. When word broke Wednesday that Andre De Grasse would miss the world track and field championships in London due to a hamstring injury, fans around the globe were robbed of one final duel between the Canadian sprint star and Olympic icon Usain Bolt. De Grasse will now have to skip […]
The stunning news that Andre De Grasse is out of the world track and field championships due to a hamstring injury has put a damper on the meet’s marquee event. Saturday’s men’s 100-metre final (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 4:45 p.m. ET) had been billed, at least in Canada, as a showdown between De Grasse and Usain Bolt. The rising […]
Andre De Grasse won’t get the chance to steal Usain Bolt’s crown. The Canadian sprint star suffered a grade 2 hamstring injury on Monday that will keep him out of the world track and field championships and deny him the opportunity to beat Bolt in the Jamaican star’s final 100-metre race. The championships begin Friday in London. […]
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