Andre De Grasse made quite the return to the track after his withdrawal from the worlds 200-metre event — a very golden one at that.
Anchoring a team with Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney, the Canadians set a national record and world-leading time of 37.48 seconds en route to gold in the men’s 4x100m relay at the world track and field championships on Saturday.
“(This is) all we talked about — (us) actually having a great shot at being on top of the podium,” De Grasse said.
“This year, I think with a lot of us being more fresh — myself, running like six races and then Brendon coming in for the relay, I think that also helped us. Just being able to practise the relay more and being able to go out there and have that team chemistry.”…