Despite Andre De Grasse's sizzling anchor leg that secured Canada a thrilling relay victory at the world track and field championships, the sprint star still isn't feeling back at full health.
After a few months of battling an foot injury, then contracting COVID-19 a month before the world championships, De Grasse might shut down his season now and focus on next year. "To be honest, it's been a struggle," De Grasse said. "I don't feel like I have like 100 per cent of my energy back.
I think right now I just want to rest and recover until I start feeling like myself again, and then I can kind of make that decision. "[The foot injury] has been lingering the whole season, so I want to try to get it back to 100 per cent. . .
We'll see, we'll see what happens." De Grasse, relay teammates Aaron Brown and Jerome Blake, and world decathlon silver medallist Pierce LePage all withdrew from the Commonwealth Games, which opened Thursday in Birmingham, England.