Canada’s Andre de Grasse won his first gold and fifth Olympic medal overall as he overhauled world champion Noah Lyles in the final 50 metres of the 200m final at the Tokyo 2020 games.
The 26-year-old, who took bronze in the 100m final on Sunday, won in 19.62 seconds, making him the eighth-fastest man in history.
Lyles led into the final quarter but slowed as De Grasse and second-placed Kenny Bednarek ran him down.
Seventeen-year-old Erriyon Knighton finished fourth in 19.93 seconds.
The American teenager broke Rio 2016 champion Usain Bolt’s world junior record for the event in May, but it was De Grasse, who finally lived up to his billing as Bolt’s heir apparent.
De Grasse had set a personal best 19.73 seconds in Tuesday’s semi-finals and looked relaxed as he strode to the blocks.
