Men's 4×400m Relay FINALS |Commonwealth Games 2022 Athletics |7th Aug 22 |BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND |

Until the seven meter distance came upon the board for our long job champion, but here's your start list for the penultimate event on the track. In lane number nine, Zambia, the third fastest in qualifying. They have Samukonga, the 400 meter champion on the last leg for them. Miami will get them underway on leg one. In lane number eight, Trinidad and Tobago and they're brought in Jereme Richards, the 200 meter champion will go on the last leg. Lane number seven will be India. Mohammed Anas Yaya. He'll kick us off. Jacob will be on the last leg for them. Lane number six will be Jamaica. They hold the game's record, the second fastest team in qualifying. Lane number five, Kenya. Moessa, the 400 meter fourth placer on the last leg for them. Botswana will start in lane number four. They've qualified fastest for this final. Nigeria will go in lane number three. Looking cool and calm. Johnson Namani is their first leg runner and Barbados will start in lane number two. Jonathan Jones on the second leg. The bronze medalist over the 400 meters second leg for them. Barbados start in two. So there he is, Ruzala Samukonga. He woke up this morning, not a Commonwealth champion. He'll go to bed with at least one Commonwealth gold medal. Can he have a storming last leg like he did in qualifying and bring Zambia home a medal here? The final male track event of Birmingham 2022 here in the Athletic Stadium is ready to go. The men's 4x400 meter final. Barbados, Nigeria, Botswana, Kenya, Jamaica, India, Trinidad and Tobago and Zambia. Silence falls across Alexander Stadium. And now it erupts to a roar as we get underway on the first leg. Running lanes, of course. Trinidad and Tobago going well. St. Helier on the first leg for them. Jamaica moving nicely with Bartley down the back straight. Botswana as well in lane number four. Remember the fastest qualifiers for this final. Lyongo Scotch on the first leg for them. So a full way round in lanes. We've got four pairs at the moment, haven't we, in terms of formation for this men's 4x4 final. Kenya moving nicely. Mokoby who is fourth in the 400 meter hurdles on the first leg for them. And here comes the first changeover, Tim. Let's see who's in the lead in this final. Always hard to judge, Kat, but a brilliant leg from Dwight St. Helier there of Trinidad and Tobago on the opening leg. Tell you what, Botswana are going well too in the blue in lane four, aren't they? But it is Trinidad and Tobago. Asa Guevara on this second leg for them. Breaks from lanes. He has a couple of meters on about four teams. There's still a pack hunting him down. He's got to run smart this second half of this one, Kat. He has indeed, but this is good for Trinidad and Tobago. A four meter lead over Jamaica. Nathan Allen on their second leg for them. Botswana currently in third. Zivani and Godsey on the second leg for them. Here come Kenya though. Strong on that second leg. And Barbados as well. Closing on this second leg for the changeover. Trinidad and Tobago take over the lead. Jamaica second. Botswana third. Barbados fourth. Kenya fifth. Nigeria sixth. That's the way they go. They're all still in the hunt. The gaps are not big. Over half a mile run. And Trinidad and Tobago, Kat, with Marcelo Cedeño on this one. Maybe relinquishing the lead, or are they? No, he's buckling off the third leg run of as they go through 200th. Well, it's going to be a tasty final leg. Remember, Trinidad and Tobago have Jereme Richards, the 200 meter champion, stepping up and he's a 44 second runner. Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Botswana. A superb run by Anthony Purcell of Botswana. The hands are held high by the outgoing runners. Botswana now popping to the lead. Well, that's probably the perfect position, Kat. Wouldn't you always want to be a meter or so down on the leader rather than behind him? But he's not hanging about. Jereme Richards, the 200 champion, has blasted straight past the final leg runner for Botswana by up Ondori and into the lead. And he has a couple of meters with 200 to run. Jereme Richards in the final 200 meters looking around. He's cool. He's calm. He's got such good speed endurance. Onto his shoulder. Trinidad and Tobago. Botswana battling for the position passing Jamaica. But Jereme Richards, easy as you like. 301.30. A brilliant run by the Trinidad and Tobago team. They were set up perfectly for Jereme Richards to dance around Alexander Stadium and pick up the gold medal for Trinidad and Tobago. Botswana pick up the silver. Wow, what a brilliant end, Tim. Our final track event for the male athletes here and a superb run by Trinidad and Tobago. Proof as if it were ever needed that the 4x4s raised the roof. The 4x1s are spectacular, but they're over in 40 seconds and less. This goes on for over three minutes and the crowd can roar them on lap after lap for the mile of running. Trinidad and Tobago winning from Botswana and Kenya. What a final leg from Moesa. That was astonishing. I'm dying to see the splits. He was. He was flying, Tim. Moesa for Kenya. He was fourth in the individual 400 meters and just missed a medal, but that's brilliant. Absolutely superb. Botswana team. Well, they did pick up the silver medal. One of their runners in a little bit of trouble there in the back of the shot. I hope he's okay. His teammates will be saying, no, no, no. Good job. 301.85. We've got the silver. Yeah, the Zambians are national record back in sixth place. You don't see too many much more competitive than that, do you? The leading pair having a real ding dong third and fourth, a fabulous punch up down the home straight. What a run from Kenya's Moesa to close down on Cox of Jamaica to the left. Anthony Cox was six in that 400 meters and he was passed with ease, wasn't he, by Moesa, who was two places ahead of him in the individual event. But Jereme Richards then, Tim, he wasn't even at a third or fourth gear on that 400 meter leg there. As easy as you like looking at the screens. I thought he misjudged it. I thought it was about 140 to go. The Botswana guy, Ndori, might go past him because he looked brilliant. But Jereme Richards let him put up alongside and then changed gear and went away. And look how calm and cool and collected and victorious he is. Well, indoors, he's superb over the 400 meters. Outdoors, as I mentioned, is a 44 second runner. Such a talent. He gave it a go, didn't he, Beopo Ndori, the Botswana, and got onto the shoulder of the Trinidad and Tobago athlete. But he put his foot down. The battle behind. Now look at that between Kenya and Jamaica. A battle that Kenya won. Arms stretched out wide. Super stuff. Saint-Helier, Guevara, Cedinho and Richards. That's your gold medal lineup. Super shots. Another medal ceremony now it is for the.