Marvin Bracy surges, leads U.S. men’s 4x100 relay team in heats at World Athletics Championships

Marvin Bracy celebrates after competing in the men’s 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field on Friday, July 22, 2022, in Eugene. Vickie Connor/The Oregonian
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The United States’ men’s 4x100 meters relay team set a new world-leading time of 37.87 seconds to qualify for the final during heats at the World Athletics Championships on Friday. The USA led all qualifiers across both heats.

Christian Coleman, a former 100-meter world champion, led off in the first leg of the relay with a time of 10.31. Noah Lyles, who broke the American record in the 200 meters en route to a gold medal yesterday, ran the second leg of the race in 9.26.

His time was equaled in the third leg by Elijah Hall, who handed the baton to Marvin Bracy for the final stretch. Bracy surged past his competition with a time of 9.04, cheered on by the home crowd at Hayward Field.

France (38.09), Canada (38.10) and South Africa (38.31) were the other top-qualifying relay teams in the 4x100 heats. Jamaica, Brazil, Great Britain and Ghana also moved on to the final.

The men’s 4x100 relay final is scheduled for Saturday evening.

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