Andre de Grasse reveals how wife Nia Ali inspired him to Olympic glory

Andre de Grasse revealed how his wife and 100m hurdles world champion Nia Ali inspired him to finally take Olympic gold in the men’s 200m at Tokyo 2020.

The Canadian beat out Team USA’s star trio of Kenneth Bednarek, who took silver, Noah Lyles, who took bronze and 17-year-old super talent Erriyon Knighton, who finished fourth.

And after taking a silver and two bronze medals at Rio 2016 and the bronze in Tokyo behind Italy’s Marcell Jacobs and American Fred Kerley in the men’s 100m, the 26-year-old has revealed how Ali spurred him on to finally clinch gold after her gold medal at Doha 2019.