Australia’s mixed 4x400m relay team of Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne, and Carla Bull won silver at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, clocking 3:12.20 and breaking the national and Oceanian records for the second day in a row. It marks Australia’s second ever silver at the event, with the team showing depth by swapping out three athletes from the heats.
Their performance led a strong campaign for Australia, with four relay teams—the men’s, women’s, and mixed 4x400m, plus the men’s 4x100m—qualifying for the World Championships in Tokyo. Carla Bull also ran in the mixed 4x100m, which placed fourth, while the men’s 4x100m team (featuring Lachlan Kennedy and possibly 17-year-old Gout Gout in future) impressed in qualifying with 38.31 sec.
The men’s 4x400m narrowly missed a 41-year-old Aussie record, running 2:59.73. Internationally, Britain’s women shocked favorites Jamaica and the USA to win the women’s 4x100m.
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