De Grasse, Leduc power Canadian 4x100m relay teams to world championships

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· Posted: May 10, 2025 9:31 AM EDT | Last Updated: little than a infinitesimal ago

The Canadian men's and women's 4x100-metre relay teams qualified for the 2025 satellite championships with performances connected Saturday astatine the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China.

The men's team of Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Jerome Blake finished 2nd successful their vigor to suffice for Sunday's final, but much importantly for them, the world championships successful Tokyo.

De Grasse told CBC Sports up of Saturday's contention that the extremity this play was to publication their spot astatine worlds.

"The main objective for america [is to] marque definite that we suffice … truthful that we are astatine the satellite championships erstwhile it matters," De Grasse said.

WATCH | De Grasse connected expectations for the relay team: 

That automatic qualification was successful uncertainty for the reigning Olympic champions until De Grasse lifted his squad successful the anchor leg.The Markham, Ont. native held off Australia and the Netherlands to transverse the enactment successful 38.15 seconds and unafraid 2nd place behind Japan (37.84).

It was a akin communicative for the Canadian women's 4x100m team. Thanks to a blazing-fast anchor leg, Sade McCreath, Marie-Éloise Leclair, Catherine Léger, and Audrey Leduc secured their spot successful Tokyo.

WATCH | Canadian women's 4x100m squad clinches spot at worlds:

Canada was successful 4th spot erstwhile Leduc took the baton but she powered past the Italian and Dutch runners to unafraid a second-place decorativeness (43.11) and clinch automatic qualification for the satellite championships and Sunday's final.

The Canadian mixed 4x100m squad besides precocious to their final by posting the apical clip crossed each of Saturday's heats.

The squad of Gabrielle Cole, Jacqueline Madogo, Duan Asemota and Eliezer Adjibi finished successful 40.90 to publication their spot successful the final. The mixed 4x100m is not being contested astatine this year's world championships.

WATCH | Canada's mixed 4x100m relay squad qualifies for the World Relays finals:

Not each Canadian squad was capable to clinch a spot astatine worlds and volition request a result in Sunday's repechage heats.

The mixed 4x400m squad of Austin Cole, Alyssa Marsh, Nathan George, and Dianna Proctor volition besides request to vie successful a second-chance contention aft finishing past successful their vigor (3:22.37).

They'll request decorativeness apical 2 successful their heat on Sunday to gain a spot successful Tokyo.

Coverage volition watercourse unrecorded connected CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem beginning astatine 6:25 a.m. ET. 

Schedule of events

Sunday

• Mixed 4x100m last – 7:05 a.m. ET 
• Mixed 4x400m repechage – 7:13 a.m. ET
• Women's 4x400m repechage – 7:34 a.m. ET
• Men's 4x400m repechage – 7:56 a.m. ET
• Women's 4x100m repechage – 8:16 a.m. ET
• Men's 4x100m repechage – 8:32 a.m. ET
• Mixed 4x400m final – 9:03 a.m. ET
• Women's 4x100m last – 9:16 a.m. ET
• Men's 4x100m last – 9:26 a.m. ET
• Women's 4x400m last – 9:36 a.m. ET
• Men's 4x400m final – 9:49 a.m. ET

Canada's World Athletics Relays roster

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