#WorldChamps2023: Jamaican men cop bronze in 4x100m
(L to R) Jamaica's Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, and Rohan Watson pose for a photo after the men's 4x100m relay final during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 26, 2023.Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP
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Athena Clarke, Observer Online reporter  
August 26, 2023

#WorldChamps2023: Jamaican men cop bronze in 4x100m

Jamaica’s men’s 4x100m relay team won bronze in the final of the event at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday, the first World Championships medal in the sprint relay for the country’s males since 2015.

The quartet of Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde and Rohan Watson ran a time of 37.76 for the bronze.

The United States won the gold in a world-leading time of 37.38 seconds while Italy took home the silver in a season’s best of 37.62.

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