Usain Bolt’s fast-emerging rival Andre De Grasse believes that turning up the pressure on the Jamaican track icon has given him a fighting chance of a monumental upset in the Olympic 200 meters.
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The 29-year-old got out well and was well ahead on the home straight before easing off and even sharing a chuckle with Andre De Grasse as the pair crossed the line.
As De Grasse closed in, Bolt looked to his right and smiled at the 21-year-old challenger before pulling away for the win.
The Jamaican superstar comfortably won his semi-final race clocking 19.79 seconds to move into the finals.
Usain Bolt booked his place in the final of the 200-meters – and still had time to have a laugh on the finishing line before watching rival Justin Gatlin crash out. In the evening’s biggest stunner, Gatlin finished third in his heat and did not qualify for the final.
Yesterday the internet went wild after some folks on Twitter accused Ellen of being racist when she posted a photo of Usain Bolt photoshop with herself riding on his back. “My coach told me to race him to the line, try and tire him for tomorrow’s final”.
“I don’t think he expected me to do that”, De Grasse said after the race.
“My body felt good”, said the former world and Olympic 400m champion, who took a bronze in the 400 in Rio.
Never in history has a Canadian run the 200-m dash in 19.80 second-and never before has anyone cared so little about a new national record.
“From this point on I’m taking it year by year”, Gatlin said.
Decathlete Ashton Eaton is a candidate to add to that haul.
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“I need to run efficiently and get into the straight and run the flawless race – if I can run a little more efficiently on the turns”.
