It’s formally been one yr since some of the iconic outcomes of the Paris Olympics: the Canadian 4x100m relay squad sprinting to gold. On August 9, 2024, the quartet of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Others de grass earned Canada’s first monitor medal of the Video games on the Stade de France in a season’s better of 37.50 seconds.
The Canadian squad’s efficiency was actually iconic–finishing a full set of medals for Brown, Rodney and De Grasse, who’ve been collectively since successful bronze at Rio in 2016. “Bronze in Rio, silver in Tokyo–that is the icing on the cake–we’ve our gold,” De Grasse, who acquired the baton in third place, and handed two rivals to cross the road first, stated after the race.
Group South Africa, that includes teen prodigy Rising and anchored by Akani Simbinetook silver in a brand new nationwide report of 37.57 seconds. Nice Britain received bronze in 37.61 seconds. Group USA took a surprising disqualification for passing the baton outdoors the change zone–and that was already after their prime sprinter, 100m gold medallist and 200m bronze medallist Noah Lyles, didn’t compete, attributable to a Covid analysis.
The Group Canada win additionally marked the nation’s second-ever 4x100m gold medal–and the primary for the reason that 1996 Video games in Atlanta, the place Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey received the title in a Canadian report of 37.69, which stood till 2016.
“To crew up with these guys, to be on the Video games like this and to return residence with a gold medal…all of us talked about this second,” De Grasse advised Canadian Operating. “It’s an unbelievable feeling, and an unbelievable manner for me to finish the Video games.”
The upcoming 2025 world championships
At April’s 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, the foursome clocked 38.15 seconds for second of their warmth, punching their ticket to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo. The quartet went on to take bronze within the ultimate in 38.11, ending behind South Africa (37.61) and the U.S. (37.66).
Heading into September’s international championships, De Grasse and Rodney each withdrew from final weekend’s Canadian nationals attributable to damagehowever Brown and Blake confirmed prime type with sturdy performances. The relay pool additionally gained a brand new contender in Duan Asemotawho claimed the 100m nationwide title.
