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2025 World Athletics Relays
The 2025 World Athletics Relays was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, China on 10 and 11 May 2025. It was the 7th edition of the World Athletics Relays and the first time the event was held in China. The 2025 edition was the first edition to feature a mixed 4 × 100 metres relay. Overview Initially, Guangzhou was awarded to host the 2023 World Athletics Relays, which would be held on 13 and 14 May 2023. On 31 October 2022, it was announced that the championships would be postponed to 2025 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will serve as a qualifying event for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with the top 14 teams in each event (except the mixed 4 x 100 metres) securing qualification to the World Championships. Schedule ''All times are local (Time in China, UTC+8)''. Medal table Medalists Qualification system On 10 November 2024, World Athletics announced the qualification system for the championships. The top 16 teams in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road. The port of Guangzhou serves as a transportation hub for China's fourth largest city and surrounding areas, including Hong Kong. Guangzhou was captured by the United Kingdom, British during the First Opium War and no longer enjoyed a monopoly after the war; consequently it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. Following the Second Battle of Chuenpi in 1841, the Treaty of Nanking was signed between Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel on behalf of Queen Victoria and Lin Zexu on behalf of Daoguang Emperor, Emperor Xuanzong and ceded British Hong Kong, Hong Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Hicklin
Brandon Hicklin (born 2 April 1999) is an American sprinter. Early life From Spartanburg, South Carolina he attended Spartanburg High School, North Carolina A&T and Louisiana State University. He competed in field events as well as sprints, including long jump. Career In May 2023, in Jacksonville at the NCAA East trials he ran a wind-assisted 9.96 seconds 100 metres. His LSU 4x100m relay team college record of 37.90 seconds at the SEC Championship in Baton Rouge in June 2023. He also qualified for the individual 100 metres at the NCAA Championships held in Texas in June 2023. At the event, the LSU 4x100m relay team consisting of Hicklin, Dorian Camel, Da'Marcus Fleming and Godson Oghenebrume won the gold medal. Hicklin officially broke the 10-second barrier for the first time when he ran 9.94 seconds for the 100 metres at the LSU Invitational, in Baton Rouge, on April 27, 2024. He made his Diamond League debut in the Rabat on 19 May 2024 and finished fourth in the 100 metre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Doom
Alexander Doom (; born 25 April 1997) is a Belgians, Belgian Sprint (running), sprinter specializing in the 400 metres. In 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2024, he became the first male athlete to win the individual 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, 400 metres and 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay at the same World Athletics Indoor Championships He has won several medals in international competitions with the Belgian 4 × 400 metres relay team and holds a personal best of 44.15 over the 400 metres. Athletics career In 2013, Doom took first place in the 400 m at the Athletics at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht in a time of 47.93. As part of the Belgian 4 × 400 metres relay, 4 × 400 m relay team, he competed at the 2015 European Junior Championships and the 2016 World U20 Championships where they placed 5th and 11t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Segers
Daniel Segers (born 1 February 2001) is a Belgian sprinter. He was the Belgian indoor national champion in 2025 in the 400 metres. He previously won the Belgian Athletics Championships in the long jump. Career From Dendermonde, as a junior athlete he competed in the decathlon. He represented Belgium at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr, Hungary winning gold in the long jump. He won the senior Belgian Athletics Championships long jump title in Brussels in 2020, with a best jump of 7.89 metres. Having given up long jump due to a succession of injuries, he switched to train under Jacques Borlée from mid-October 2024. In February 2025, he won the Belgian national indoor 400 metres title. He subsequently competed for Belgium at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. He was the fifth fastest qualifier for the semi-finals with a new indoor personal best of 46.11 seconds. He was selected for the relay pool at the 2025 World Athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Vanderbemden
Robin Vanderbemden (born 10 February 1994) is a Belgian sprinter competing primarily in the 200 metres. He also represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay winning multiple World and European championship medals with the Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *200 metres – 20.43 (−0.3 m/s, Ninove 2018) *400 metres – 45.51 (Brussels 2023) Indoor *60 metres – 6.68 (Ghent 2014) See also * Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team The Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team, nicknamed the Belgian Tornados from July 2014 onwards, is the Relay race#Relays in athletics, relay team of the Belgium, Belgian national athletics team that has given the highest number of medals in ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderbemden, Robin 1994 births Living people Belgian male sprinters Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Sacoor
Jonathan Sacoor (born 1 September 1999) is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. Career He first came to prominence early 2018, winning a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in a new national indoor record of 3:02.51. Later that year, he became the first ever Belgian under-20 athletics world champion by winning the gold medal in the 400 m individual race at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. He then followed up this performance with a gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships He was a member of the University of Tennessee track and field team from 2019 to 2021. In 2024, he was on the team that won the gold for Belgium in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland and at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, he was on the teams that qualified Belgium for the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay and the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lythe Pillay
Lythe Pillay (born 25 February 2003) is a South African athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal in the men’s 400m final at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and won his heat on 5 August at the 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ... in Paris. References External links * 2003 births Living people South African male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa Sportspeople from Benoni Athletes from Gauteng World Athletics U20 Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century South African sportsmen {{So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakithi Nene
Zakithi Nene (born 2 April 1998) is a South African sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. Career He won the South African 400m national title in 2021 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through his world ranking. He competed in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres, 400 metres where he ran a time of 45.74 seconds. He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 2024 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. He finished third in the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024. He competed at the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres, 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-finals. He also competed in the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay , men's 4x400m relay at the Games. He was selected for the South African rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leendert Koekemoer
Leendert Koekemoer (born 15 May 2007) is a South African sprinter. Career He ran 46.38 seconds to win the 400 metres at the South African Athletics U18 Championships title in 2023, at the age of 15 years-old. However, Koekemoer struggled with injuries the following year which derailed most of his 2024 season. In January 2025, he ran under 45.96 seconds for the 400 metres in his first race in the U20 category. In doing so, he became the tenth South African junior athlete to run under 46 seconds in the 400m sprint, climbing to eighth place in the all-time national rankings. He ran a new personal best of 45.03 seconds in the semi-finale of the South African Athletics Championships in April 2025, breaking the longstanding South African junior record of 45.15 seconds, set by Riaan Dempers, 31 years previously. In the final he finished in fifth place overall with a time of 45.31 seconds. He was selected for the South African relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udeme Okon
Udeme Okon (born 3 September 2005) is a South African sprinter. He won the gold medal over 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. Early life He attends Florida Park High School in Roodepoort, Johannesburg. Career He ran a personal best of 20.54 seconds for the 200 metres in May 2024 at the South African national under-20 championships in Pretoria. That month, he ran a 400 metres personal best of 45.41 seconds at the ACNW Track and Field League held in Potchefstroom. He won the gold medal over 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, running 45.69 seconds in Lima, Peru. At the same championships, he also won silver in the relay. He was selected for the South African relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, where he was a gold medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, running a split of 44.24 seconds in the final as the South African team set a new national record of 2:57.50. Personal life He was born in South Africa to a N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardeo Isaacs
Gardeo Isaacs (born 27 December 1998) is a South African sprinter. He became South African national champion in 2019 over 400 metres. Early life From Parow, Cape Town he attended Stellenbosch University where he studied Management Accounting. Career He won the South African 400m national title in April 2019 in Germiston in a time of 45.39 seconds. He won the 400m at the South African Varsity Athletics meet in 2019, running a time of 45.70 seconds. Later that year, he went on to win the bronze medal in 45.89 seconds for South Africa at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha having also ran as a part of the team at the 2019 IAAF World Relays in Japan. He ran for South Africa at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics in Mauritius. He came third in the 400 metres at the South African Championships in Potchefstroom in 2023, in a new personal best time of 45.15 seconds. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre De Grasse
Andre De Grasse (born 10 November 1994) is a Canadian Sprint (running), sprinter. A seven-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the 2020 Olympic champion in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres, 200 m, and also won the silver in the 200 m Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres, in 2016. He won a second silver in the 4 × 100 relay in Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2020. He also has three Olympic bronze medals, placing third in the 100 m at both the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, 2016 and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, 2020 Games, and also in the 4 × 100 m relay in Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2016. De Grasse won his second Olympic gold medal as a part of the 4 × 100 m relay team at the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2024 Summer Olympics. The win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
