De Grasse leads Canada to relay gold at world championships
EUGENE, Ore. –
The Canadian males’s 4×100-metre relay group is golden on the world observe and discipline championships.
Six-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse anchored a group of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney to victory on Saturday in a time of 37.48 seconds, the quickest on the planet this season.
The gold was Canada’s third medal of the world championships.
The People took silver in 37.55, whereas Nice Britain completed third (37.83).
The victory was a terrific end for De Grasse, who contracted COVID-19 a month in the past, and did not qualify for the 100-metre finals. He additionally withdrew from the 200 metres.
It additionally comes after some close to misses by Canada’s group. De Grasse led the Canadians to silver finally summer time’s Tokyo Olympics and bronze in Rio in 2016, plus bronze on the 2015 worlds in Beijing. Canada did not make the ultimate on the final worlds in 2019 in Doha.
Led by Donovan Bailey, Canada gained 4×100 gold on the 1995 and 1997 world championships. That group included Glenroy Gilbert, who’s now Athletics Canada’s head coach.
