One of Andre De Grasse’s goals this season is to break the Canadian 100m record. He will join the 100m of the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham on Saturday.
This was explained to the AFP on Friday by the Olympic champion in the 200m and bronze medalist in the 100m.
I am still very motivated. I had this goal of breaking Donovan Bailey’s Canadian record in the 100 meterssaid De Grasse on the eve of the 100m Diamond League meeting in Birmingham, UK, on Saturday.
A seven -time Olympic medalist, the 27 -year -old won gold in the 200m, silver in the 4x100m relay and bronze in the 100m at the 2021 Tokyo Games.
The Canadian record for the 100m (9 sec 84/100) was tied by 1996 Olympic champion Donovan Bailey and 1995 and 1999 world vice-champion Bruny Surin.
Andre De Grasse ran the 100m in 9 sec 89/100 in Japan to climb the Olympic podium.
He had already run the 100m in 9 sec 69/100 in 2017, but had very favorable winds (4.8 m/s) for the time to be approved.
Source: Radio-Canada
