Kelowna's Jerome Blake helps Canada win men's 4x100m gold at world championships

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Andre De Grasse, of Canada, wins the final in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday in Eugene, Ore.

Kelowna's Jerome Blake helped Canada take top spot in the men's 4x100-metre relay at the World Athletics Championships Saturday.

The Canadian quartet of Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake, and Aaron Brown, won gold in the men's 4x100-metre relay at the world track and field championships in Oregon, beating out the heavily favoured American home team.

The quartet clocked in a time of 37.48 seconds, a new Canadian record. The Canadians beat out the United States, at 37.55 seconds, and Great Britain, at 37.83 seconds.

Blake, 26, competed in track and field throughout the Okanagan as a youth, after his family moved to Kelowna from Jamaica in 2013. Blake won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in the men's 4x100-metre relay.

What a moment for Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, and Andre De Grasse

The Canadians celebrate their GOLDEN race pic.twitter.com/kE1d6FF83R

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