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CBC
15-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Brendon Rodney makes the case for his team being Canada's 4x100m relay GOAT
Social Sharing Brendon Rodney believes that his men's 4x100-metre relay team is the best in Canadian history. At this year's world championships, Rodney and his teammates Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse and Jerome Blake have a chance to make that claim undeniable. Rodney joined CBC Sports Trackside co-hosts Perdita Felicien and Brown to talk about what makes the current relay team successful, and how they match up with the Donovan Bailey-led squad of the 90s. Mentioning that De Grasse previously said he wanted his team to be known as the best Canadian relay team ever, Felicien asked Rodney how he thinks his team stacks up now. "We're definitely the best, I mean, in the fact that we have the national record. It's just the truth," Rodney said. "I don't think Donovan [Bailey] will admit it yet, but we are definitely the better team, [and] if we lined up by them side-by-side we would beat them." WATCH | Brendon Rodney on CBC Sports Trackside: 'We're definitely the best': Brendon Rodney says 4x100m squad is greatest Canadian team 38 minutes ago Duration 2:42 "No one show that to DB, no one show that to Donovan Bailey...[Brendon] watch your back," Felicien joked. "I think Donovan might come out of retirement after what Brendon just said. He might get the boys back together," Brown said later, laughing. WATCH | Brown, Rodney explain what makes their Olympic relay team successful: Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney explain what makes their Olympic relay team successful 4 hours ago Duration 2:36 The 90s-era team of Bailey, Glenroy Gilbert, who is currently Athletics Canada head coach, Bruny Surin and Robert Esmie won two world titles, and Olympic gold in 1996 with a then-national record time of 37.69 seconds. Rodney, Brown, De Grasse, and Blake took Olympic gold in Paris last summer, and have one world title to their credit. That was won in Eugene, Ore., in 2022 where they set the current national record time of 37.48 seconds. "I want to say we're the better team, but of course the medals are what count in our sport, and we got to get the medals in order to solidify that," Rodney said. They will get their chance after qualifying for the 2025 World Athletics Championships thanks to their results last weekend at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China. The team finished second in their heat on Saturday to qualify for the world championships in Tokyo before taking bronze in Sunday's final. WATCH | Canadian men's 4x100m relay team claims spot at world championships: Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney explain what makes their Olympic relay team successful 4 hours ago Duration 2:36 The 2024 Olympic 4x100m relay champions discuss how their teammates personalities come together to create magic on the track. Rodney and Brown broke down that final on Trackside, including a moment that threatened to derail their trip to the podium – a wobbly baton transfer between Brown and Blake. "We'll get back to the drawing board and practise more work and getting [the baton] in and having a steady target," Brown said. "This is something that we've got to fix because I don't want this to be what holds us back from getting another gold in Tokyo [at the world championships]. I definitely want to chase those guys in the 90s who have three golds, you know, two world championship golds and an Olympic gold. "We have two golds right now. So if you want to be considered the best, you know, we've got to add those." WATCH | Canadians run to bronze-medal result in Guangzhou: Canadian men's 4x100m team qualify for the world athletics relays final 5 days ago Duration 4:11 Canada's Olympic champion men's 4x100m team, featuring Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre DeGrasse finish second in their heat to move to the finals at the 2025 World Athletic Relays in Guangzhou, China. Asked what is left for this team to accomplish, Brown said it's all about seeing how far they can go and how many wins they can achieve together. "We've already got the top prize, which was the Olympic gold. We went from bronze in Rio [2016], silver in Tokyo [2020], and then gold," he said. "It doesn't get much better than that. But, now it's just like, all right, we did it. How much more can we get as a team?" To watch the full debut episode of Trackside by clicking on the video player below.
CBC
15-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
World Relays reveal Canada can lean on depth, continuity in buildup to 2025 world championships
Social Sharing If you're fixated on outcomes, maybe the bronze medal Canada's men's 4x100-metre team earned at World Relays last weekend in Guangzhou, China seems like a regression. Canada fielded the same lineup that won Olympic gold last summer in Paris, yet here was Andre De Grasse on the anchor leg, trying but not quite succeeding in keeping pace with South Africa's Akani Simbine in a sprint to the finish line. South Africa took gold in 37.61 seconds, .05 seconds ahead of the United States, with Canada back in third at 38.11. Last year at this same competition Canada took silver, behind a U.S. team anchored by all-world sprinter Noah Lyles. No sprinter, after all, can control what happens in another lane, and Simbine is already midseason-sharp. Last month he ran 9.90 into a headwind, a time that still leads the world. He doesn't need permission from De Grasse or any other rival to run fast. The only person who could stop Akani Simbine from a blistering anchor leg was Akani Simbine, and Simbine chose to conduct a clinic. A bit more perspective. De Grasse left a group of anchor runners flailing in his wake, and gained ground on Brandon Hicklin, who ran last for the U.S. The post race stats analysis had De Grasse covering the final leg in 8.90 seconds, which means he did his job. A cleaner first exchange between Aaron Brown and Jerome Blake would likely have bumped Canada below the 38-second barrier, and put them within shouting distance of silver. WATCH | Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney on what makes relay team successful: Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney explain what makes their Olympic relay team successful 28 minutes ago Duration 2:36 Viewed that way, Canada's foursome is actually well-positioned for the 2025 world championships in Tokyo. A podium performance with room to improve between now and September. That setup makes the World Relays unique, and useful to countries, like Canada, with ambitious relay programs. It's a global event with real medals at stake, but it's also a dress rehearsal for a blockbuster end-of-year competition. It's the preseason and the playoffs at the same time. The results matter, but so do the projections. As for concrete accomplishments, Team Canada left Guangzhou with a gold medal in the co-ed 4x100, a national record in the women's 4x100, and yet another men's 4x100 medal. But just as importantly, as Tokyo 2025 approaches, and De Grasse et al edge deeper into their 30s, Canada displayed the kind of relay depth that could help it earn medals in the long term. WATCH | Canada achieves season-best time in mixed 4x100m final: Canada's 4x100-metre mixed relay team strikes World Athletics gold 4 days ago Duration 5:20 If this were strictly a sprint depth contest, the U.S. would win in a landslide, almost every year. Canada has four legal sub-10-second sprinters in its history. The U.S. has six this year, including two high schoolers. Canada won bronze with its best men's relay team. The U.S. left two Olympic 100m medallists – Lyles and Fred Kerley – at home and took silver. On the women's side, you can attribute the U.S.'s fourth-place finish to the fact that two of the sport's fastest early-season performers – Melissa Jefferson and Gabby Thomas – stayed behind, while Sha'Carri Richardson won't open her season until this Sunday. But the problem, as U.S. men's teams keep demonstrating, is that cornering the market on the world's fastest individual sprinters doesn't guarantee success in a team event. It takes a baseline level of speed, obviously. WATCH | Canadians reach men's 100m relay podium with bronze: Canadian 4x100-metre men finish 3rd at World Athletics Relay final 4 days ago Duration 5:45 Even if Team Canada has some hiccups early, they're in medal contention if De Grasse can lay down an 8.9-second final leg. But chemistry counts, too, so it helps that each member of the men's relay understands his role, and how to set his teammates up for success. And relay running is a craft unto itself, a skill you can sharpen with practice. If you don't believe me, you can go back to Kenny Bednarek's performance last weekend. In Paris, Bednarek torpedoed team USA's 4x100 medal hopes when he took off too early, and left leadoff runner Christian Coleman marooned at the first exchange. Nine months later, here was Bednarek, executing flawless changeovers while laying down the fastest splits of the weekend. In the prelims he covered the back stretch, typically the longest leg in a 4x100, in 8.91 seconds, then ran 8.79 in the final. If the U.S. men had won, you could have named Bednarek the meet's MVP. Or you can revisit that exchange between Brown and Blake in the men's final. Brown whiffed twice before finally slapping the baton into Blake's left hand. Then he gritted his teeth and slammed his fists against his thighs, visibly frustrated the handoff hadn't gone more smoothly. A pessimist could point out, correctly, that the glitch cost Canada precious time. Blake's back stretch split time, recorded at 9.32 seconds, likely comes down if he doesn't have to wait for the baton. An optimist will tell you that veteran relay runners also prove their value in those moments. Two rookies, with a lower level of mutual trust, might blow that exchange completely, and get the team disqualified. A veteran can adjust on the fly, complete the handoff, and keep the team in the race. Canadian women supply depth By now, we're used to seeing the men's 4x100 perform when it counts. But the depth on display this past weekend? That's a new wrinkle. The women's 4x100 for example, showed the kind of round-to-round continuity that U.S. men's team dreams of but can never quite achieve. They showed us a new lineup in the semi – Marie-Éloïse Leclair replacing Jacqueline Madogo on the back stretch, and Catherine Léger filling in for Leclair on the third leg. Three seamless exchanges later and they had qualified for the final, where the normal lineup – Sade McCreath to Madogo to Leclair to Audrey Leduc – ran 42.46 to set a new national record. WATCH | Canadian women set national record in 4x100m: Canadian 4x100-metre women set new national record, finish 5th at World Athletics Relay 4 days ago Duration 4:21 42.46 is the new women's 4x100-metre relay Canadian record time set by Sade McCreath, Jacqueline Madogo, Marie-Éloïse Leclair and Audrey Leduc Sunday at the World Athletics Relay Championships in Guangzhou, China. As for the gold medal in the co-ed 4x100… It's an achievement on its own. McCreath, Leclair, Duan Asemota and Eliezer Adjibi delivered Canada's only outright win of the weekend. But it also provided crucial high-stakes live reps for sprinters just outside the men's and women's 4x100 starting lineups. Asemota's 9.31 third leg holds up against any third runner in the men's final, and signals that Canada might finally have a sorely-needed hedge against injuries or schedule conflicts at upcoming global competitions. In the past, it wasn't clear if Canada could swap runners in and out without risking performance. Last weekend's results suggest it's possible now. Add that to the advantages Team Canada has over the U.S. in the men's relay heading into Tokyo. The U.S can summon 9.9 sprinters off the bench, and that's huge strength. But Canada now looks to have depth and continuity. In the 4x100, those are superpowers.
CBC
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney explain what makes their Olympic relay team successful
The 2024 Olympic 4x100m relay champions discuss how their teammates personalities come together to create magic on the track.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Big ramifications for Gout Gout as Aussies makes history at world championships
The Aussie athletics team could add Gout Gout to a star-studded 4x100m team at the world championships in September after a historic night at the World Relays event in China. Four Australian relay teams booked their places for the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday night, including the men's 4x100m team - who could feature both sprint stars Lachie Kennedy and Gout Gout. Kennedy, the world indoor 60m silver medallist, combined with Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Prince Jackson to clock 38.31sec to claim second place in qualifying round 2 on Sunday night, booking the Aussies a place at the world championships. And with Gout set to feature in the 200m in Tokyo in September, he could be a late addition to the 4x100m team. "We are really stepping up our standards this year coming off the national record of 37.8 in Sydney," said Azzopardi, who flagged Gout's inclusion in the team in Tokyo. "We feel like we can really push for those medals and that will be the goal. We will be ready come the world championships in September and that's the main thing." Speaking in an interview on the Back Page on Fox Sports last week, the 17-year-old Gout said he'd love to run in the 4x400m relay as well. Traditionally a 100 and 200m runner, Gout could line up in the men's 4x400m, as well as any of the mixed relays in Tokyo (depending on how many races he wants to run). On Sunday night, the mixed, women's and men's 4x400m teams all secured their places at the world championships. But pride of place went to the mixed team, with Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne and Carla Bull securing the country's second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relays. The Aussie team couldn't match the American champions in Guangzhou, for the second day running they lowered the national and Oceanian record to take the silver in 3min 12.20sec. The American quartet of Chris Robinson, Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson broke the championship record in 3:09.54, but the Australians matched the nation's best ever result in the seven editions of the event. The only other silver they had won was in 2019 in Yokohama when Catriona Bisset and Josh Ralph finished second in the 2x400m relay. "I couldn't be any more stoked. We were so ecstatic to make the final and coming away with a silver medal, we are just so happy," said Beer, who earlier helped the women's 4x400m team qualify. "We got all of our 400m crews to the world championships which is so exciting." RELATED: Athletics world blown away as Lachie Kennedy beats world champ Women's champ makes mockery of Gout Gout complaint with win Bull narrowly missed out on another medal as a youthful mixed 4x100m team - including Olivia Dodds, Connor Bond and Josiah John - clocked 41.22sec to finish fourth in the final behind the victorious Canadian team. The men's 4x400m team of Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy and Tom Reynolds clocked 2:59.73 to clinch their place in Tokyo, just 0.03sec outside the 41-year-old Australian record. Britain's 4x100m women's team caused the upset of the night. Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Amy Hunt, Bianca Williams and Success Eduan stunned the US and Jamaica teams, with the Jamaicans featuring superstars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson. with AAP
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Eduan powers GB women to 4x100m relay gold
Success Eduan produced a storming last leg to help Great Britain claim gold in the women's 4x100m at the World Relay Championships in Guangzhou, passed both Jamaica's Shericka Jackson and Maria Perez, of Spain, on the final straight as a GB team also consisting of Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Amy Hunt and Bianca Williams won in 42.21 ended up second in 42.28 and a Jamaica quartet, which included former world and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, were third with 42.33."I did not think too much of [the] others, I just knew that if I gave my all, it would come out all right," said Eduan."I have a mentality of a winner, I don't care if Shericka or Shelly-Ann, respect to them, are running. I am going to give my all and I'm going to pass them and I'm going to win. And we did that."Great Britain also won a bronze in the inaugural mixed 4x100m race, with Asha Philip, Kissiwaa Mensah, Jeriel Quainoo and Joe Ferguson finishing in 40.88 won the race in 40.30, just ahead of Jamaica in 40.44, while the United States won the mixed 4x400m with a championship-record time of three minutes, 09.54 seconds. South Africa won the men's 4x100m gold in 37.61 seconds but there was drama as Jamaica failed to book their place in the event at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, dropped a baton during a heat on Saturday, they also failed to take a second chance to qualify via Sunday's top two in their heat would have secured a spot in Tokyo but Julian Forte pulled up injured on the second leg as they failed to can still claim one of the two remaining places which are awarded based on the world rankings. South Africa also won the men's 4x400m with a time of 2:57.50, while Spain won the women's 4x400m in 3:24.13.
