![]() ![]() Although the sports world has by now adapted to events without spectators, it would be quite a contrast from his Rio experience to race inside an empty Olympic stadium. Naturally, De Grasse wonders what the atmosphere will be like in Tokyo – a Games during a pandemic with very tight restrictions for all participants, no families or friends able to travel there and, quite possibly, no domestic fans either. He and partner Nia Ali – a world-champion hurdler from the United States – juggled training and family life. He worked on a kids’ book and became a father. He changed coaches, moving on from Stuart McMillan in Phoenix to train with Rana Reider in Jacksonville, Fla. De Grasse suffered a torn hamstring that sidelined him, most notably from a final showdown with Bolt at the 2017 world championships. Despite already going pro, he returned to the University of Southern California to finish his degree and address his class at graduation. ![]() ![]() So much has changed for De Grasse since the 2016 Games. When De Grasse competed in Rio, he was barely four years into an athletics career that had begun late in high school, when the basketball-loving kid tried sprinting on a whim and exhibited a rare talent. ![]()
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