IMAGE: Andre De Grasse, who anchored Canada to males’s 4x100m relay gold on the Paris Olympics, plans to work on lowering his time. {Photograph}: Tata Mumbai Marathon/X
Seven-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse has set his sights on competing within the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics as his last Video games, aiming to regain high kind within the 100 meters occasion.
The 31-year-old Canadian sprinter, who took bronze within the 100m at each the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, missed out on qualifying for the 100m last on the 2024 Paris Video games.
“I need to do yet another Olympics – LA 2028. I need to attempt to get again aggressive in 100 meters,” De Grasse, the worldwide occasion ambassador for Tata Mumbai Marathon, instructed reporters forward of the occasion on Sunday.
“The 100 meters is one in every of my favorite occasions. I find it irresistible greater than the 200 meters, though I received the 200 meters on the Olympics.
“I need to attempt to get again aggressive in that race and attempt to get again into finals and convey again some medals once more.”
De Grasse, who anchored Canada to males’s 4x100m relay gold on the Paris Olympics, plans to work on lowering his time, setting private finest objectives for Los Angeles. Nevertheless, he acknowledged the significance of securing qualification first.
“I nonetheless should qualify to attempt to get there. That is what I am working laborious in the direction of. I form of need that to be my last Video games, form of close to near house soil,” De Grasse stated.
When requested concerning the Enhanced Video games — a controversial occasion set for Might in Las Vegas the place athletes might use performance-enhancing substances below medical supervision — De Grasse stated he was unaware of the competitors specifics however that he believed in clear sport.
“I am not precisely positive what it’s, however I assume solely time will inform as soon as we work out from the primary competitors what it’s,” he stated.
“I’ve at all times competed as a clear athlete, so it by no means crossed my thoughts of utilizing efficiency medicine… I consider in clear sport and honest play,” he added.
“That is what I’ve at all times prided myself in and why I do what I do. I need to attempt to be one of the best I can doing it clear.”
