Forget about pole vault, that sounds made up. The final five events are: 110 metre hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1,500 metre race and thumb war. Eaton, by the way, is trying to become the first man to defend and Olympic decathlon title since 1952. He stands third after the first five events, trailing the leader - defending Olympic champ Ashton Eaton of the United States - by 132 points and second place Kai Kazmirek of Germany by 11 points.

Update your settings here to see it.ĭay Two of decathlon competition sees Canada's Damian Warner hoping to keep his podium position, if not rise to the top. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. What will the audience for this next chapter be? Who couldn't possibly want more of this?īy the way, Bolt and De Grasse are not in neighbouring lanes for the final. And De Grasse smiled back. A reported 6.9 million Canadians watched the 100 metre final on Sunday.

De Grasse pressed the issue in the semi once Bolt had begun to ease up but when the Jamaican flash spied the young Canuck to his right, he accelerated again to win the heat. Bolt has been making the tail ends of sprints look like he's just jogging to the other side of his backyard to retrieve a frisbee. However, De Grasse at least showed Bolt, in Wednesday night's semi-final, that if the King of the Sprint wants to three-peat as Olympic 200 metres champ, he's not going to be allowed to let up over the final ten or fifteen metres. 9:30 pm ET, on CBC. It's a tough task, kinda like trying to prove it ain't that hard to beat the sun in a staring contest. The 21-year-old Toronto native takes aim at the incomparable Jamaican champion in the final of the 200 metre sprint on Thursday night. (Usandre De Bolsse? Nah, let's go with the first one.)Īndre De Grasse (bronze medal winner in the 100 metres) is out to prove that his new best buddy, gold medallist Usain Bolt, is not so invincible. With apologies to all the other athletes working hard in all the other events, Day 13 at the Rio Olympics is really about one thing for Canadians: The blossoming sprint bromance of Andrain De Bolt.

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