de Grasse finally gets gold
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Andre de Grasse has been the ‘nearly-man’ for long, winning silver and bronze frequently at the Olympics and Worlds, watching others go past him to embrace glory. All that changed on Wednesday as the 26-year-old won the 200m, his first global title and Canada’s first gold in 93 years in the event, shocking World champion and season-leader Noah Lyles. de Grasse had won the 200m silver, behind Usain Bolt, in Rio and had taken the 100m bronze in Tokyo and it looked like he would have to wait longer, for Lyles was in the front at 150m. But the Canadian produced a superb finish to triumph in a world-leading 19.62s. Americans Kenneth Bednarek (19.68) and Lyles (19.74) took silver and bronze.More Related News