Still not fully healthy, Andre De Grasse considers shutting down season

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. There are five Diamond League meets remaining over the next six weeks.

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But a big two seasons beckon. There's another world championships in August of 2023 in Budapest, and then the 2024 Paris Olympics.

"I want to get ready for next year, another worlds, and then I want to be healthy for the Olympic Games, because it could potentially be my last. So I want to be able to be great," De Grasse said.

"The stereotype is people get two or three Olympics," added De Grasse, who has competed in two, winning six medals. "But if I get a fourth one, I'll be grateful for that. I was talking to Glenroy [Gilbert, Athletics Canada's head coach] about I get a fourth Olympics, and I'm at my best, I'm at my prime, great. If not, and I'm just there to