World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24: Teams Qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics

World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 Sees First Olympic Qualifiers

The World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 has seen the first eight teams qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in each of the five disciplines being contested.

On the opening day of the event in Nassau, fourteen teams in the women’s and men’s 4x100m and 4x400m, as well as the mixed 4x400m, secured their spots for the Paris Olympics. The top two teams in each of the four heats per event booked their places for the World Relays finals on Sunday, while also qualifying for the upcoming Paris Games.

Several nations stood out, with France, Great Britain & Northern Ireland, and the USA each qualifying four teams for Paris, while Canada, Italy, and Poland qualified three teams each.

The mixed 4x400m heats kicked off the session in record-breaking fashion, with eight teams finishing inside the previous championship record. The USA led the first round in both the women’s and men’s 4x100m, while Ireland set a national record to top the list of women’s 4x400m qualifiers and Botswana pipped South Africa in a thrilling men’s 4x400m battle.

Teams will now compete for prize money and Olympic lane seeding positions in Sunday’s finals. The remaining two places for Paris in each discipline will be awarded based on top lists during the qualification period, which runs from December 31, 2022, to June 30, 2024.

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