The men's

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at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May. From the gun in the final, American Leshon Collins got some separation from Canada's

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. Also gaining an advantage on the stagger was

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, the British leadoff as the gap to China's Tang Xingqiang and Barbados'

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shrunk. Down the backstretch, Britain's

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and American

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didn't gain against China's

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, who gained a step on

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to his outside. The second Canadian exchange between Aaron Brown and

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was an adventure, with Rodney hopping up and down leaving the zone without the baton. Through the second turn, American Ronnie Baker gained a little on Britain's Daniel Talbot and China's sub-10 star, Su Bingtian to take a slight lead into the final handoff. Britain's Ojie Edoburun reached back for the baton first but came up empty handed. The American handoff was more awkward as

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slowed and grabbed twice to finally get the baton in hand. China's final exchange was also awkward as Su ran up on

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, finally getting a successful handoff but behind a step, as USA came out with the baton in first. With the advantage, the Olympic silver medalist sped away to a huge victory. Farther behind, Netherlands also failed to get the handoff between

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. Two steps behind China, Barbados made a clean exchange between

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and Burkheart Ellis. As expected, Liang was losing ground to Gatlin, behind him, reminiscent of Bob Hayes in Tokyo, a gangly running Ellis was gaining on every step, Barbados overtaking China a step out, accentuated by a dip finish.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the

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. The next 8 fastest times qualified for the

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Final B

Final

Final Results
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References

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