Canada wins 4x100m gold at Florida Relays

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The Canadian squad of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse won the men's 4x100m last astatine the Florida Relays successful Gainesville, Fla., connected Saturday.

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· Posted: Apr 05, 2025 5:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

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After winning golden successful the men's 4x100m relay astatine the 2024 Olympic Games successful Paris, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake, and Aaron Brown took location different golden medal connected Saturday astatine the Florida Relays successful Gainsville, Fla. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

The Canadian relay team of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, and Andre De Grasse ran the 4x100m astatine the Florida Relays successful Gainesville, Fla. connected Saturday, winning successful 38.09 seconds.

The aforesaid squad took location golden for Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, finishing successful 37.50.

De Grasse besides won the men's 200-metre last astatine the Florida Relays on Friday. The 30-year-old De Grasse hails from Markham, Ont., and present trains successful Gainesville under manager Mike Holloway.

The American team of Christian Coleman, Kyree King, Erriyon Knighton, and Robert Gregory settled for metallic with a clip of 38.16.

A second Canadian 4x100m team, made up of Malachi Murray, Duan Asemota, Norris Spike, and Eliezer Adjibi grabbed the bronze, finishing successful 39.13.

More athletics action continues at the Grand Slam Track lawsuit successful Kingston, Jamaica, with Canada's Marco Arop competing successful the men's 1500m. Coverage begins Saturday astatine 6 p.m. ET.

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