Canadians set a national record and world\u002Dleading time of 37.48 seconds
Anchoring a team with Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney, the Canadians set a national record and world-leading time of 37.48 seconds en route to gold in the men’s 4x100m relay at the world track and field championships on Saturday.
De Grasse, lined up side-by-side with American Marvin Bracy, the silver medallist from the 100m, when receiving their batons, put his stamp on the final with his signature closing speed. “It’s special. There’s a lot of Canadian flags out there, a lot of fans cheering us on — it definitely feels good. It’s not technically on home soil but it kind of felt like it.”Athletics Canada coach Glenroy Gilbert had to coach the team through Zoom having contracted the virus himself recently.Article content
“That was the most important thing — to just get the stick moving. Once we have the stick moving, doesn’t slow down.”Canada earned silver at last summer’s Tokyo Olympics and bronze in Rio in 2016, plus bronze at the 2015 worlds in Beijing. Canada didn’t make the final at the last worlds in 2019 in Doha.Article content
Finishing eighth at the world indoor championships in March, Arop began gaining momentum by winning the Canadian national championships, then running the third-fastest time in the world this season three weeks ago at the Pre World Invitational Championships. Kenya’s Emmanuel Korir captured gold with a time of one minute 43.71 seconds. Algerian Djamel Sedjati claimed silver crossing the line in 1:44.14.
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