With a little help from his friends, Andre De Grasse raced into the Canadian record books.
De Grasse anchored Canada to gold in the men’s 4×100-metre relay Friday in Paris.
The Markham, Ont., native De Grasse earned his seventh career medal to tie swimmer Penny Olesiak as Canada’s most decorated Olympian.
De Grasse claimed silver in the men’s 200 metres plus bronze medals in the men’s 100 metres and 4×100-metre relay during his Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
He captured a medal of every colour at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo taking home gold in the men’s 200 metres, silver in the 4×100-metre relay and bronze in the 100 metres.
De Grasse, who has been dealing with a hamstring injury, was eliminated during the semifinal rounds in the 100-m and 200-m events in Paris.
Oleksiak earned her record-breaking seventh medal with a bronze medal in the medley relay in Tokyo to surpass speedskater Cindy Klassen and speedskater/cyclist Clara Hughes, who both have six medals.
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