De Grasse launches initiative to get cooped up Canadian kids out and running

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.After a crazy few months of being locked out of weight rooms, and scouring the neighbourhood for grass fields to train on, Andre De Grasse says he can handle any COVID-19 restrictions the Tokyo Olympics throw at him.

One medal in particular, however, could be out of reach. Canada’s 4x100 relay team raced to bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, giving De Grasse his third medal of those Games. But because Canada’s relay runners have been spread across Canada, the United States and the Caribbean over the past year, all with different COVID-19 travel restrictions, the team hasn’t qualified for Tokyo.

De Grasse, who lives in Jacksonville, Fla., spent the first several months of the pandemic locked out of his team’s training facility. He and his training group ran on a soccer field, but were finally allowed back into the facilities at the University of North Florida in January, with certain restrictions, such as mandatory masks in the weight room.Despite the upheaval, De Grasse opened the outdoor season earlier this month with a fast 9.

Gatlin will be among the Canadian’s toughest competition in Tokyo. The 39-year-old became the oldest Olympian to win a non-relay sprint medal in Rio, and has said he plans to compete until at least the 2022 world championships in Eugene, Ore.De Grasse will race a 100 race again Friday at North Florida.The sprint star also hopes to inspire Canadian kids to get out and run.

The challenge was the idea of Jesse Briscoe, a 14-year-old from Montreal. Briscoe was tired of sitting at home playing video games after his team sports were cancelled because of the pandemic, and so he and his dad reached out to De Grasse.

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