Yohan Blake leads Jamaica team for the IAAF world relays

Athletics
By IAAF | Apr 14, 2017

Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson and 2011 world 100m champion Yohan Blake will lead a 41-member Jamaican team for the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2017 in Nassau on April 22-23. Thompson, who has been selected for the 4x100m and 4x200m, will be joined on the shorter relay by fellow world 4x100m champion Natasha Morrison and Olympic 4x100m silver medallists Christania Williams, Simone Facey and Sashalee Forbes.

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