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00:00We'll lead them off to Kisiwa Mensah on her debut for the senior GB team.
00:05Jerry O'Quainu will run leg three and Joe Ferguson we saw nearly closed down the Jamaicans yesterday.
00:11He'll be up against a different Jamaican opponent this time.
00:14Jamaica have made a couple of changes to their team.
00:16Serena Cole, the 20-year-old, comes in here on the opening leg.
00:19Crystal slowly will continue on lane two as will Javari Thomas on leg two, I should say.
00:25Javari Thomas on the third leg.
00:26And they've brought in Brian Lavelle on the ankle leg to replace Rashid Foster who held off Joe Ferguson yesterday.
00:32Canada, they've bolstered their team today.
00:35Both women have changed.
00:36Sadie McCreeth coming in on the opening leg and Marie-Eloise Leclerc on the second.
00:41Both male athletes continue in the team.
00:43Asimota and Ajibi to run the anchor.
00:48Italy, well they only retain one of the team that ran yesterday.
00:51That will be Gaia Bertello on the second leg.
00:54Melon to open up for them.
00:55There is Bertello to run the back straight.
00:57Handing on to Roberto Regali.
01:00And they bring in Steven Owoa before on the anchor.
01:03And then we have some consistency.
01:05Big as France.
01:06It's the same quartet for them.
01:08Lucy Jean-Charles on the opening leg.
01:11Handing on to Naomi Denon.
01:14Dylan Vermault.
01:15And Antoine Torraval on the final leg for France.
01:21Stand by.
01:25China are in the house.
01:26Same four as yesterday.
01:28Huang Shuping to run the opening leg.
01:30Then Kongling Zhao.
01:32Chen Jingfeng.
01:34And then Cheng Kuanfeng on the final leg.
01:40Very, very popular team.
01:42As you can imagine here, this crowd is 99% Chinese.
01:46And Belgium also have the same quartet as yesterday.
01:48On the inside, Jani Denaya to lead them off.
01:52Handing on to Lotta Van Lent.
01:54Now Robertoffs.
01:55And on the final leg will be Rendell Vermeulen.
01:58So there you have it.
02:01Your eight teams for the mixed 4x100m relay final.
02:07On a beautiful still evening here in Guangzhou.
02:10Remember, World Championship place is not up for grabs in this.
02:13$28,000 in prize money.
02:15This brand new event.
02:17Potentially the chance to set a new World Best time as well in this new event.
02:23There's one direction in which this crowd support will be going.
02:29It will be in lane 3.
02:31China.
02:34Canada strong.
02:36With McCreeth coming in there.
02:38Handing on to Leclerc.
02:39Two of their leading female sprinters.
02:47Cleanly away to start evening 2 here in Guangzhou.
02:50At the World Athletics Relays in Canada have gone out strongly.
02:54McCreeth in the centre.
02:55Handing on to Leclerc.
02:57Decent enough change by most of the teams.
03:00Italy weren't that fluid and lost a bit of ground there in fact.
03:03Canada with outside then Jamaica.
03:06Handing on to the male half of the race.
03:08Jamaica was stretching but got the baton there.
03:10Great Britain on the outside.
03:11Also going strongly.
03:13Great Britain with Jarrell Quainu.
03:14Now Canada handing the baton on for the final leg to Eliza Ejibi.
03:18Jamaica on the final leg.
03:19Brian Lavelle looking to close him down.
03:22Canada, Jamaica and then Great Britain.
03:24But Canada looking powerful.
03:26And come home to become the first mixed 4x100m champions at the World Athletics Relays.
03:31Anchor home by Eliza Ejibi.
03:35They got out of the blocks quickly.
03:37They strengthened their team and they got their rewards.
03:4040.30 the winning time.
03:42Absolutely exceptional there.
03:47Oh, what a debut for this event.
03:49We love it.
03:50We love the drama the relays bring.
03:53The Canadian team will be very happy with that indeed.
03:57Started themselves off for a good night here for the finals day here in Guangzhou.
04:03Great Britain looking on.
04:05They think they could have done a little bit better.
04:07But it was close, wasn't it?
04:08It was.