With anticipation beaming for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, fans are poised for the 2024 World Athletics Relays, where the athletes will represent their national squads to achieve glorious team victories.
The 2024 World Athletics Relays will be held on May 4 and 5 at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The Relays will feature five events, including mixed 4×400m, men's and women's 4x100m relay, and men's and women's 4x400m relays.
The competition will serve as the qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The USA men's squad will compete in all three men's events.
On that note. let's take a look at the American male athletes competing at the 2024 World Relays.
2020 Tokyo Olympic medalists Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek will represent the United States in the men's 4x100m relays at the 2024 World Athletics Relays
Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek will compete in the men's 4x100m at the 2024 World Athletics Relays race along with Courtney Lindsey and Kyree King.
After securing a gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay last year at the World Championships, Lyles proved his prospects at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, securing a silver medal with the team in the 4x400m relay.
After being excluded from the 2023 World Championship relay team, Bednarek will compete alongside Lyles in the Bahamas. The Pool for the 4x100m relay event at the 2024 World Athletics Relays is given below :
- Noah Lyles
- Kenny Bednarek
- Courtney Lindsey
- Kyree King
- Kendal Williams
- Pjai Austin
2020 Tokyo Olympic relay gold medalist Bryce Deadmon will vie in the men's 4x400m relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays
Bryce Deadmond showcased his remarkable athletic proficiency at the last Olympics, securing a gold medal in the men's 4x400m and a bronze medal in the mixed 4x400m relay events. He will compete in the men's 4x400m relay on the tropical island along with the 2022 World Championship gold medalist Champion Allison.
Allison secured gold at the home arena in the men's 4x400m along with Deadmod, Elijah Godwin, and Michael Norman, clocking a time of 2:56.17. The World Athletics Relays team will also include the 2023 World Champion of the men's 4x400m relay event, Christopher Bailey.
Pool for 4x400m relay event:
- Bryce Deadmon
- Champion Allison
- Christopher Bailey
- Jacory Patterson
- Willington Wright
- Demarius Smith
The 2023 mixed 4x400m relay gold medalists Ryan Willie and Matthew Boling, who also secured a gold in the men's 4x400m, will join Bailey Lear and Lynna Irby-Jackson to contest in the mixed 4x400m relay race.