
I don’t think my heart has ever felt like that in my life.” He collapsed to the track. He reeled in Lyles, while pushed from behind by another American, Kenny Bednarek.ĭe Grasse’s 19.62, which shaved a chunk off the 19.73 he ran in the semi-finals on Tuesday, held off Bednarek (19.68) and Lyles (19.74). But the 26-year-old from Markham, Ont., running in the more central lane 6, pushed into his highest gear, something the extra distance of the 200 allows him to do.

Noah Lyles of the United States, the top-ranked runner at 200 metres this year, was in lane 3 and ahead of De Grasse coming out of the turn. What he also did was run an incredible race. Photo by JEWEL SAMAD / AFP via Getty Images Canada’s Andre De Grasse celebrates after winning the men’s 200m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He stopped, and took a minute to gather himself, and to offer thanks to Tony Sharpe, the coach who got him into track as a teenager in suburban Toronto. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

