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Olympic golden medallists Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Jerome Blake pb the Canadian contingent into Guangzhou, China, wherever qualification for the World Athletics Championships is up for grabs. Live sum begins connected Saturday astatine 6:55 a.m. ET.

Teams purpose for satellite title qualification astatine conscionable successful Guangzhou, China

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· Posted: May 09, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

World Athletics Relays: DAY 1 - Guangzhou

Watch a big of Canadians squad up for glory successful Guangzhou, China for the opening time of this World Athletics Relays circuit stop.

Click connected the video subordinate supra to ticker unrecorded enactment from the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China.

Coverage begins connected Saturday astatine 6:55 a.m. ET. The lawsuit continues connected Sunday at 6:25 a.m. ET.

Olympic men's 4x100-metre golden medallists Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Jerome Blake pb the Canadian contingent into Guangzhou, wherever qualification for the World Athletics Championships is up for grabs.

Canada volition beryllium looking to suffice men's and women's teams successful some the 4x100m and 4x400m events, plus the mixed 4x400m. The mixed 4x100m is making its planetary debut astatine this event, but is not portion of this year's satellite championships.

The apical 14 teams successful each class successful Guangzhou volition suffice a spot astatine the satellite championships, which volition beryllium held successful Tokyo successful September.

WATCH | De Grasse connected expectations for the relay team:

Andre De Grasse connected satellite relays, and expectations for the team

CBC Sports spoke to Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse up of the satellite diversion relays successful China, astir what the squad is hoping to accomplish, and however they're trying to beryllium the champion relay squad successful Canadian history.

De Grasse, Brown, Rodney and Blake earned metallic astatine past year's World Relays successful the Bahamas. That event also earned them a berth astatine the Paris Olympics. This time, they'll beryllium trying to unafraid a spot successful the satellite championships.

How it works

The apical 2 finishers successful each of the 4 opening-round heats connected Saturday get into the worlds and beforehand to the last connected Sunday where they'll contention for the $40,000 US apical prize.

The different teams spell to a second-chance qualifying circular connected Sunday, wherever the apical 2 successful each of the 3 heats person a spot successful the worlds.

Schedule of events

Saturday

Mixed 4x100m – 7:01 a.m. ET
Mixed 4x400m – 7:22 a.m. ET
Women's 4x100m – 8:03 a.m. ET
Men's 4x100m – 8:25 a.m. ET
Women's 4x400m – 8:53 a.m. ET
Men's 4x400m – 9:23 a.m. ET

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

Athlete	Event(s)	Hometown
Aaron Brown	Men's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Toronto
Andre De Grasse	Men's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Markham, Ont.
Brendon Rodney	Men's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Etobicoke, Ont.
Duan Asemota	Men's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Ajax, Ont.
Eliezer Adjibi	Men's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Ottawa
Jerome Blake	Men's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Kelowna, B.C.
Malachi Murray	Men's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Edmonton
Norris Spike	Men's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Brampton, Ont.
Audrey Leduc	Women's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Laval, Que.
Catherine Leger	Women's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Montreal
Donna Ntambue	Women's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Montreal
Gabrielle Cole	Women's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Ajax, Ont.
Jacqueline Madogo	Women's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Guelph, Ont.
Marie-Éloïse Leclair	Women's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Candiac, Que.
Sade McCreath	Women's 4x100m, Mixed 4x100m	Ajax, Ont.
Austin Cole	Mixed 4x400m	Sherwood Park, Alta.
Christopher Morales Williams	Mixed 4x400m	Maple, Ont.
Nathan George	Mixed 4x400m	Vancouver
Alyssa Marsh	Women's 4x400m, Mixed 4x400m	Whitby, Ont.
Dianna Proctor	Women's 4x400m, Mixed 4x400m	Edmonton
Jasneet Nijjar	Women's 4x400m, Mixed 4x400m	Surrey, B.C.
Kyra Constantine	Women's 4x400m, Mixed 4x400m	Brampton, Ont.
Lauren Gale	Women's 4x400m, Mixed 4x400m	Ottawa
Madeline Price	Women's 4x400m, Mixed 4x400m	Toronto
Micha Powell	Women's 4x400m, Mixed 4x400m	Montreal
Zoe Sherar	Women's 4x400m, Mixed 4x400m	Toronto
Ramone English*	Men's 4x100m	Edmonton