Kelowna’s Jerome Blake sprints to victory with team Canada – Kelowna Capital News

The photo finish shows Canada taking gold in the men’s 4×100 meter relay at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon July 15-25, 2022 (World Athletics photo finish)

Kelowna’s Jerome Blake sprints to victory with team Canada

The World Athletics Championship is being held in Oregon July 15-25, 2022

Kelowna’s Jerome Blake and his relay team found themselves victorious Saturday (July 23) in a photo finish race.

Canada won the gold medal in the men’s 4×100 relay at the World Athletics Championships taking place in Oregon.

Blake, alongside Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Andre De Grasse, found themselves in a tight race with the United States who took home silver.

Ultimately, team Canada won with a time of 37.48 seconds.

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