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7NEWS
12-05-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Aussies break national 4x400m mixed relay record to win silver medal at world relay championships
Australia's 4x400m mixed relay quartet of Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne and Carla Bull are celebrating the country's second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relays championship in China after another record-breaking run. The Aussie foursome couldn't match the American champions in Guangzhou on Sunday but, for the second day running, lowered the national and Oceanian record to take the silver in 3min 12.20sec. On a fine final session of the two-day event, their medals were the icing on the cake as four Australian teams booked their places for the world championships in Tokyo, including the men's 4x100m, which team could feature both sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout in Japan. The mixed, women's and men's 4x400m teams also all made it to the global showpiece in September. Pride of place, though, went to the mixed quartet, which demonstrated its strength in depth in the final, being much changed from the foursome of Bull, Cooper Sherman, Reece Holder and Alanah Yukich who had broken the Oceanian record in 3:12.34 in the heats on Saturday. The American quartet of Chris Robinson, Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson were in a class of their own as they 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 2 x 2 x 400m relay. 'I couldn't be any more stoked,' said Beer, Gold Coast's 22-year-old Olympian who had earlier also helped the women's 4x400 qualify. 'We were so ecstatic to make the final and coming away with a silver medal, we are just so happy. We got all of our 400m crews to the world championships which is so exciting.' Queenslander Bull's big night saw her also just miss out on another medal as the youthful mixed 4x100m team — alongside Olivia Dodds, Connor Bond and Josiah John - clocked 41.22sec to finish fourth in the final behind the victorious Canadian four. The men's 4x100m outfit of world indoor 60m silver medallist Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Prince Jackson clocked 38.31sec to claim second place in qualifying round 2 and book the Australian place at the global championships. 'We are really stepping up our standards this year coming off the national record of 37.8 in Sydney,' said Azzopardi, who knows the team could be bolstered by 17-year-old Gout Gout in September. '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.' The men's 4x400m — Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy and Tom Reynolds — clocked 2:59.73 to clinch their place in Tokyo, just 0.03sec outside the venerable 41-year-old Australian record. The international highlight came with Britain's 4x100m women's team — Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Amy Hunt, Bianca Williams and Success Eduan — stunning both Jamaica, whose team included Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, and the USA to claim victory.
The Advertiser
11-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Aussies take mixed 4x400m silver in World Relays
Australia's 4x400m mixed relay quartet of Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne and Carla Bull are celebrating the country's second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relays championship in China after another record-breaking run. The Aussie foursome couldn't match the American champions in Guangzhou on Sunday but, for the second day running, lowered the national and Oceanian record to take the silver in 3min 12.20sec. On a fine final session of the two-day event, their medals were the icing on the cake as four Australian teams booked their places for the world championships in Tokyo, including the men's 4x100m, who could feature both sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout in Japan. The mixed, women's and men's 4x400m teams also all made it to the global showpiece in September. Pride of place, though, went to the mixed quartet, which demonstrated its strength in depth in the final, being much changed from the foursome of Bull, Cooper Sherman, Reece Holder and Alanah Yukich who had broken the Oceanian record in 3:12.34 in the heats on Saturday. The American quartet of Chris Robinson, Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson were in a class of their own as they 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 2 x 2 x 400m 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. We got all of our 400m crews to the world championships which is so exciting," said Beer, Gold Coast's 22-year-old Olympian who had earlier also helped the women's 4x400 qualify. Queenslander Bull's big night saw her also just miss out on another medal as the youthful mixed 4x100m team - alongside Olivia Dodds, Connor Bond and Josiah John - clocked 41.22sec to finish fourth in the final behind the victorious Canadian four. The men's 4x100m outfit of world indoor 60m silver medallist Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Prince Jackson clocked 38.31sec to claim second place in qualifying round 2 and book the Australian place at the global championships. "We are really stepping up our standards this year coming off the national record of 37.8 in Sydney," said Azzopardi, who know the team could be bolstered by 17-year-olf Gout Gout in September. "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." The men's 4x400m - Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy and Tom Reynolds - clocked 2:59.73 to clinch their place in Tokyo, just 0.03sec outside the venerable 41-year-old Australian record. The international highlight came with Britain's 4x100m women's team - Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Amy Hunt, Bianca Williams and Success Eduan - stunning both Jamaica, whose team included Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, and the USA to claim victory. Australia's 4x400m mixed relay quartet of Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne and Carla Bull are celebrating the country's second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relays championship in China after another record-breaking run. The Aussie foursome couldn't match the American champions in Guangzhou on Sunday but, for the second day running, lowered the national and Oceanian record to take the silver in 3min 12.20sec. On a fine final session of the two-day event, their medals were the icing on the cake as four Australian teams booked their places for the world championships in Tokyo, including the men's 4x100m, who could feature both sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout in Japan. The mixed, women's and men's 4x400m teams also all made it to the global showpiece in September. Pride of place, though, went to the mixed quartet, which demonstrated its strength in depth in the final, being much changed from the foursome of Bull, Cooper Sherman, Reece Holder and Alanah Yukich who had broken the Oceanian record in 3:12.34 in the heats on Saturday. The American quartet of Chris Robinson, Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson were in a class of their own as they 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 2 x 2 x 400m 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. We got all of our 400m crews to the world championships which is so exciting," said Beer, Gold Coast's 22-year-old Olympian who had earlier also helped the women's 4x400 qualify. Queenslander Bull's big night saw her also just miss out on another medal as the youthful mixed 4x100m team - alongside Olivia Dodds, Connor Bond and Josiah John - clocked 41.22sec to finish fourth in the final behind the victorious Canadian four. The men's 4x100m outfit of world indoor 60m silver medallist Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Prince Jackson clocked 38.31sec to claim second place in qualifying round 2 and book the Australian place at the global championships. "We are really stepping up our standards this year coming off the national record of 37.8 in Sydney," said Azzopardi, who know the team could be bolstered by 17-year-olf Gout Gout in September. "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." The men's 4x400m - Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy and Tom Reynolds - clocked 2:59.73 to clinch their place in Tokyo, just 0.03sec outside the venerable 41-year-old Australian record. The international highlight came with Britain's 4x100m women's team - Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Amy Hunt, Bianca Williams and Success Eduan - stunning both Jamaica, whose team included Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, and the USA to claim victory. Australia's 4x400m mixed relay quartet of Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne and Carla Bull are celebrating the country's second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relays championship in China after another record-breaking run. The Aussie foursome couldn't match the American champions in Guangzhou on Sunday but, for the second day running, lowered the national and Oceanian record to take the silver in 3min 12.20sec. On a fine final session of the two-day event, their medals were the icing on the cake as four Australian teams booked their places for the world championships in Tokyo, including the men's 4x100m, who could feature both sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout in Japan. The mixed, women's and men's 4x400m teams also all made it to the global showpiece in September. Pride of place, though, went to the mixed quartet, which demonstrated its strength in depth in the final, being much changed from the foursome of Bull, Cooper Sherman, Reece Holder and Alanah Yukich who had broken the Oceanian record in 3:12.34 in the heats on Saturday. The American quartet of Chris Robinson, Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson were in a class of their own as they 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 2 x 2 x 400m 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. We got all of our 400m crews to the world championships which is so exciting," said Beer, Gold Coast's 22-year-old Olympian who had earlier also helped the women's 4x400 qualify. Queenslander Bull's big night saw her also just miss out on another medal as the youthful mixed 4x100m team - alongside Olivia Dodds, Connor Bond and Josiah John - clocked 41.22sec to finish fourth in the final behind the victorious Canadian four. The men's 4x100m outfit of world indoor 60m silver medallist Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Prince Jackson clocked 38.31sec to claim second place in qualifying round 2 and book the Australian place at the global championships. "We are really stepping up our standards this year coming off the national record of 37.8 in Sydney," said Azzopardi, who know the team could be bolstered by 17-year-olf Gout Gout in September. "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." The men's 4x400m - Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy and Tom Reynolds - clocked 2:59.73 to clinch their place in Tokyo, just 0.03sec outside the venerable 41-year-old Australian record. The international highlight came with Britain's 4x100m women's team - Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Amy Hunt, Bianca Williams and Success Eduan - stunning both Jamaica, whose team included Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, and the USA to claim victory.
West Australian
11-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Aussies take mixed 4x400m silver in World Relays
Australia's 4x400m mixed relay quartet of Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne and Carla Bull are celebrating the country's second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relays championship in China after another record-breaking run. The Aussie foursome couldn't match the American champions in Guangzhou on Sunday but, for the second day running, lowered the national and Oceanian record to take the silver in 3min 12.20sec. On a fine final session of the two-day event, their medals were the icing on the cake as four Australian teams booked their places for the world championships in Tokyo, including the men's 4x100m, who could feature both sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout in Japan. The mixed, women's and men's 4x400m teams also all made it to the global showpiece in September. Pride of place, though, went to the mixed quartet, which demonstrated its strength in depth in the final, being much changed from the foursome of Bull, Cooper Sherman, Reece Holder and Alanah Yukich who had broken the Oceanian record in 3:12.34 in the heats on Saturday. The American quartet of Chris Robinson, Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson were in a class of their own as they 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 2 x 2 x 400m 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. We got all of our 400m crews to the world championships which is so exciting," said Beer, Gold Coast's 22-year-old Olympian who had earlier also helped the women's 4x400 qualify. Queenslander Bull's big night saw her also just miss out on another medal as the youthful mixed 4x100m team - alongside Olivia Dodds, Connor Bond and Josiah John - clocked 41.22sec to finish fourth in the final behind the victorious Canadian four. The men's 4x100m outfit of world indoor 60m silver medallist Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Prince Jackson clocked 38.31sec to claim second place in qualifying round 2 and book the Australian place at the global championships. "We are really stepping up our standards this year coming off the national record of 37.8 in Sydney," said Azzopardi, who know the team could be bolstered by 17-year-olf Gout Gout in September. "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." The men's 4x400m - Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy and Tom Reynolds - clocked 2:59.73 to clinch their place in Tokyo, just 0.03sec outside the venerable 41-year-old Australian record. The international highlight came with Britain's 4x100m women's team - Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Amy Hunt, Bianca Williams and Success Eduan - stunning both Jamaica, whose team included Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, and the USA to claim victory.
Perth Now
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Aussies take mixed 4x400m silver in World Relays
Australia's 4x400m mixed relay quartet of Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne and Carla Bull are celebrating the country's second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relays championship in China after another record-breaking run. The Aussie foursome couldn't match the American champions in Guangzhou on Sunday but, for the second day running, lowered the national and Oceanian record to take the silver in 3min 12.20sec. On a fine final session of the two-day event, their medals were the icing on the cake as four Australian teams booked their places for the world championships in Tokyo, including the men's 4x100m, who could feature both sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout in Japan. SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED 🇦🇺⚡Australia's 4x100m men have held their nerve at the World Athletics Relays to book their ticket to the World Athletics Championships, with the team of Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Prince Jackson clinching second place in… Australian Athletics (@AustralianAths) May 11, 2025 The mixed, women's and men's 4x400m teams also all made it to the global showpiece in September. Pride of place, though, went to the mixed quartet, which demonstrated its strength in depth in the final, being much changed from the foursome of Bull, Cooper Sherman, Reece Holder and Alanah Yukich who had broken the Oceanian record in 3:12.34 in the heats on Saturday. The American quartet of Chris Robinson, Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson were in a class of their own as they 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 2 x 2 x 400m 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. We got all of our 400m crews to the world championships which is so exciting," said Beer, Gold Coast's 22-year-old Olympian who had earlier also helped the women's 4x400 qualify. Queenslander Bull's big night saw her also just miss out on another medal as the youthful mixed 4x100m team - alongside Olivia Dodds, Connor Bond and Josiah John - clocked 41.22sec to finish fourth in the final behind the victorious Canadian four. The men's 4x100m outfit of world indoor 60m silver medallist Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Prince Jackson clocked 38.31sec to claim second place in qualifying round 2 and book the Australian place at the global championships. "We are really stepping up our standards this year coming off the national record of 37.8 in Sydney," said Azzopardi, who know the team could be bolstered by 17-year-olf Gout Gout in September. "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." The men's 4x400m - Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy and Tom Reynolds - clocked 2:59.73 to clinch their place in Tokyo, just 0.03sec outside the venerable 41-year-old Australian record. The international highlight came with Britain's 4x100m women's team - Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Amy Hunt, Bianca Williams and Success Eduan - stunning both Jamaica, whose team included Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, and the USA to claim victory.
The Citizen
11-05-2025
- Sport
- The Citizen
SA team earn three medals on record-breaking day at World Relays
National records were broken in the men's and women's 4x400m events. Bayanda Walaza, Akani Simbine, Sinesipho Dambile and Bradley Nkoana won 4x100m gold at the World Relays in Guangzhou. Picture:South Africa made its biggest statement yet as a growing powerhouse in international sprinting, securing three medals on Sunday at the World Athletics Relays championship in Guangzhou, China. While the nation has seen a steady improvement in relay events in recent years, the SA squad had never before secured more than one medal at an edition of the World Relays showpiece. And they not only raked in two global titles at the weekend, but they also broke two national records on the second and final day of competition in Guangzhou. The national men's 4x100m quartet – junior sensation Bayanda Walaza, SA 200m champion Sinesipho Dambile, 20-year-old Bradley Nkoana and experienced rocket Akani Simbine – secured victory in the one-lap final in 37.61 seconds. They were just 0.04 outside the SA record of 37.57 which the national squad – Walaza, Nkoana, Simbina and Shaun Maswanganyi – achieved when they earned silver at last year's Olympic Games in Paris. And the men's 4x400m team combined just as well on Sunday, with Gardeo Isaacs, Udeme Okon, 17-year-old Leendert Koekemoer and national champion Zakithi Nene storming to gold in 2:57.50. They tore a massive chunk (0.62) off the SA record of 2:58.12 set by Nene, Isaacs, Lythe Pillay and Anotnie Nortje when they finished fifth at the Paris Olympics. It was the second year in a row that South Africa stepped on the 4x400m podium at the World Relays championship, having returned home from the Bahamas with silver last year. Women's 4x400m record Meanwhile, in the women's 4x400m final on Sunday, the SA quartet of Shirley Nekhubui, Miranda Coetzee, Precious Molepo and Zeney Geldenhuys clocked 3:24.84 to grab the bronze medal. They were spectacular, shattering the national mark of 3:28.01 set by Nekhubui, Molepo, Geldenhuys and Hannah van Niekerk in the heats the day before. Ahead of them, Spain won gold in 3:24.13 and the United States earned the silver medal in 3:24.72. The SA mixed 4x400m team – Van Niekerk, Mthi Mthimkulu, Jada van Staden and Tumisang Shezi – took fifth place in the final 3:16.29. All four SA squads had reached the finals of their events with solid performances in the heats on Saturday, qualifying automatically for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Tokyo in September.
