Canada’s Andre De Grasse raced to a gold medal in the men’s 200 metres Wednesday at the Tokyo Olympics, cementing his place among the all-time great sprinters.
De Grasse roared to the finish line in a Canadian-record time of 19.62 seconds.
Winning his fifth Olympic medal _ and second in Tokyo after taking bronze in the 100 metres _ De Grasse tied Phil Edwards for the most by a Canadian track and field athlete. Edwards captured five bronze medals between 1928 and 1936.
De Grasse’s victory comes 25 years _ plus a week _ after Donovan Bailey raced to 100-metre gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
De Grasse wins Canada’s first 200m Olympic gold medal in 93 years
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