害羞草研究所

Skip to content

Kelowna's Jerome Blake helps Canada win 1st gold in 4x100 since 1996

Blake, along with Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Andre De Grasse finished with a time of 37.50 seconds
canadian-running-2
Jerome Blake and Team Canada won gold in the 4x100 relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday, Aug. 9.

Kelowna's Jerome Blake is a gold-medal winner at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Blake, along with teammates Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse, finished first on the 4x100m relay race on Friday, Aug. 9. They finished with a team time of 37.50 seconds, beating South Africa by .07 seconds and Great Britain by .11 seconds.

The quartet's gold on Friday marks the second straight time they've captured a medal at the Olympics, as they won silver in the event at Tokyo 2020.

It's Canada's first gold in the event since 1996.

Breaking News You Need To Know

Sign up for free account today and start receiving our exclusive newsletters.

Sign Up with google Sign Up with facebook

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google and apply.

Reset your password

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google and apply.

A link has been emailed to you - check your inbox.



Don't have an account? Click here to sign up


Jordy Cunningham

About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
Read more



(or

害羞草研究所

) document.head.appendChild(flippScript); window.flippxp = window.flippxp || {run: []}; window.flippxp.run.push(function() { window.flippxp.registerSlot("#flipp-ux-slot-ssdaw212", "Black Press Media Standard", 1281409, [312035]); }); }