FOG BLOG OLYMPICS LOG: ANDRE DEGRASSE BRINGS HOME CANADA'S LATEST GOLD MEDAL:
Canada's Andre De Grasse wins gold in 200-metre final at Tokyo Olympics.......MEDAL COUNT.....GOLD- 4, SILVER-4, BRONZE-7 FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MEDALS!.......The 26-year-old from Markham, Ont., raced to victory in the men's 200 metres 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........Gold was the one Olympic medal missing from De Grasse's collection. The 26-year-old from Markham, Ont., raced to bronze in the 100 metres on Monday in Tokyo, and captured a silver and two bronze in 2016 in Rio. He's raced to a silver and three bronze over the 2015 and '19 world championships.
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"I always felt like I came up for short winning bronze and silver, so it's just good to just have that gold medal. No one can take that away from me," said De Grasse, who was overcome by emotions while speaking to reporters.
Kenneth Bednarek took silver in 19.68 seconds and fellow American Noah Lyles earned bronze in 19.74.
Aaron Brown of Toronto was sixth in 20.20.
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.
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