Brendon Rodney believes that 4×100 male meters relay team is the best in Canadian history.
In this year’s world championship, Rodney and his teammates Aaron Brown, Andre de Grasse and Jerome Blake have the opportunity to make that statement undeniable.
Rodney joined CBC Sports Trackside The coanffations lost Felicien and Brown to talk about what makes the current relay team successful and how they coincide with the team of the 90s led by Donovan Bailey.
Mentioning that De Grasse said previously that he wanted his team to be known as the best Canadian relay team, Felicien asked Rodney how he thinks his team accumulates now.
“We are definitely the best, I mean, in the fact that we have the National Registry. It’s just the truth,” Rodney said. “I don’t think they donov [Bailey] We will admit it yet, but we are definitely the best team, [and] If we align with them, we would defeat them.
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“No one shows that to DB, nobody shows that to Donovan Bailey …[Brendon] Look your back, “said Felicien.
“I think Donovan could get out of retirement after what Brendon just said. He could recover the children,” Brown said later, laughing.
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The Age of the 90s of Bailey, Glenroy Gilbert, who is currently the chief coach of Athletics Canada, Bruny Surin and Robert Esmie won two world titles, and the Olympic gold in 1996 with a record time in the national then of 37.69 seconds. The previous week, Bailey captured the 100 -meter gold medal of the men in a world record of 9.84 seconds.
Rodney, Brown, from Grasse and Blake took Olympic gold in Paris last summer, and have a world title in their credit. That won in Eugene, Oregon, in 2022, where they established the current national record of 37.48 seconds.
“I want to say that we are the best team, but, of course, the medals are what they tell in our sport, and we have to get the medals to solidify that,” Rodney said.
Reached in Jamaica, an ironic smile found himself on Bailey’s face when he was informed of Rodney’s comments. While respecting the “incredible” Olympic gold medalists 2024, Bailey said the two teams should not be compared.
“First, I love those guys … and finally I’m always going to support them,” he said. “But the fact is that you are actually having a conversation about how to compare yourself with a team [from] 30 years ago he is a little crazy.
“The conclusion is this: the [current] Relay Team is amazing, but I think you must remind Aaron, or Brendon, Andre, and Jerome … you have to remind those guys that each important championship I went to, I was actually having a cigar and champagne on the weekend before relief. “
Rodney, Brown, Blake and Grasse will have the most hardware opportunity after qualifying for the 2025 World Athletics Championship thanks to their results last weekend in the world relay of athletics in Guangzhou, China. The team finished second in its Heat on Saturday to qualify for the World Championship in Tokyo before taking bronze in the final of Sunday.
The 4x100M team Olympic champion of Canada, with Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre Degrasse, end second in their heat to pass the finals in the 2025 world athletic relays in Guangzhou, China.
Rodney and Brown broke that final in TrackIncluding a moment that threatened to derail his journey to the podium, a tag -shaking cane between Brown and Blake.
“We will return to the drawing board and practice more work and get [the baton] In and with a stable objective, “Brown said.” This is something we have to fix because I don’t want this to be what prevents us from getting another gold in Tokyo [at the world championships]. I definitely want to chase those guys in the 90s that have three gold, you know, two gold from the world championship and an Olympic gold.
“We have two gold right now. So, if you want to be considered the best, you know, we have to add them.”
Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre de Grasse ran to a 38.11 bronze medal time on Sunday at the World Athletics Relay Championship in Guangzhou, China.
When asked what is left for this team to achieve, Brown said it is about seeing how far they can go and how many victories can achieve together.
“We already have the Superior Prize, which was the Olympic gold. We went bronze in river [2016]Silver in Tokyo [2020]And then gold, “he said.” It is not much better than that. But, now it’s like, that’s fine, we did. How much more can we get as a team? “
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