Kelowna's Jerome Blake is a gold-medal winner at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Blake, along with teammates Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse, finished first on the 4x100m relay race on Friday, Aug. 9. They finished with a team time of 37.50 seconds, beating South Africa by .07 seconds and Great Britain by .11 seconds.
The quartet's gold on Friday marks the second straight time they've captured a medal at the Olympics, as they won silver in the event at Tokyo 2020.
It's Canada's first gold in the event since 1996.