Andre De Grasse will compete in the 200 metres at the Grenada Invitational on Saturday, his first individual event since the Canadian championships last summer.
It might seem like Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse amassed a career’s worth of medals during his meteoric rise.After injuries derailed the better part of the past two seasons, De Grasse is healthy. He passed his first test unscathed by racing two relays for Canada last weekend in Florida, and will compete in the 200 metres at the Grenada Invitational on Saturday, his first individual event since the Canadian championships last summer.
De Grasse scaled the world rankings seemingly as fast as he runs, winning double Pan American Games gold in 2015, two bronze in his world championship debut, then a silver and two bronze in an entertaining battle with Usain Bolt at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Last season’s much-anticipated comeback was then shelved when he strained the same hamstring at the national championships."There’s always a little bit of doubt," he said. "I tried to clear my mind and be in a good mental space, because I have a new coach, new atmosphere, new environment, so I tried not to let the past kind of get to me, say ‘Hey, I’ve been injured twice but now I’m working with somebody else, this person might do a great job with me, and keep me healthy.
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