The earth ’s dissolute gentleman’s gentleman Usain Bolt and Canadian competition Andre De Grasse havea charmingfriendshipgoing . In the preliminary race and the finals of the military personnel ’s 100 - meter , there was a mint of mutual regard going back and forth between the two . That go on Wednesday when the yoke were far enough in front of the other contrabandist that they basically had a trick between each other in the middle of the race .
The pair ran the homo ’s 200 - metre semifinal Wednesday and had a good laugh down the abode stretch . Bolt had everyone beat with just a small snatch to go and was clearly taking his foot off the gas a piece . De Grasse did not , he tried to push through and move past the most fabled sprinter there ever was .
De Grasse , with a grin on his face , tried to gun it past Bolt , surprising him by pushing hard when he was clearly get going to qualify for the final . That got a big smile from Bolt , who gave a little energy at the last second to ensure that De Grasse did n’t pass him , even if it was just a qualifying backwash . They finished first and 2d , and Bolt gave De Grasse a wag of the fingerbreadth after they hybridise the last line , as if to permit him know that he ’s not letting anyone past , no matter what the circumstances are .
Despite the looking at of fooling around a morsel , De Grasse arrange a new Canadian disk in the 200 - meter .
look on the race above or get a slightly dissimilar horizon below that shows just how close they were . Then watch De Grasse and Bolt race in the men ’s 200 - meter final Thursday at 9:30pm ET .
