The Bromance Between De Grasse And Bolt In Rio Olympic

After the race

After this competition, De Grasse hugged Bolt, he said he wish he can compete with Bolt many times before his retirement. At the same time, he made up his mind to be the next gold medal winner in Olympic game. He said he was very surprised of standing on the podium. He had many ups and downs and always struggle with disease and pain in the past years. But he felling good now and he believe that he will make an great achievement in the future.

De Grasse 's early life

Andre De Grasse was born in Scarborough, Ontario. His mother Beverley de Grasse was a high school sprinter in Trinidad and Tobago before she moved to Canada at age 26. His father, Alex Waithe, moved from Barbados to Canada as a teenager.De Grasse started racing in Grade 11 and won his first race running 100 m in basketball shorts and using no starting blocks, using Converse shoes and showing time 11 sec. He was spotted by future coach Tony Sharpe who noticed his potential because of this. He attended Coffeyville Community College in 2013 and 2014 before transferring to USC for his junior season in 2015.