Brendon Rodney makes the case for his team being Canada's 4x100m relay GOAT

Brendon Rodney believes that his men's 4x100-metre relay team is the best in Canadian history.

At this year's world championships, Rodney and his teammates Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse and Jerome Blake have a chance to make that claim undeniable.

Rodney joined CBC Sports Trackside co-hosts Perdita Felicien and Brown to talk about what makes the current relay team successful, and how they match up with the Donovan Bailey-led squad of the 90s.

Mentioning that De Grasse previously said he wanted his team to be known as the best Canadian relay team ever, Felicien asked Rodney how he thinks his team stacks up now.

"We're definitely the best, I mean, in the fact that we have the national record. It's just the truth," Rodney said. "I don't think Donovan [Bailey] will admit it yet, but we are definitely the better team, [and] if we lined up by them side-by-side we would beat them."

‘We’re definitely the best’: Brendon Rodney says 4x100m squad is greatest Canadian team

"No one show that to DB, no one show that to Donovan Bailey...[Brendon] watch your back," Felicien joked.

"I think Donovan might come out of retirement after what Brendon just said. He might get the boys back together," Brown said later, laughing.

Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney explain what makes their Olympic relay team successful

The 90s-era team of Bailey, Glenroy Gilbert, who is currently Athletics Canada head coach, Bruny Surin and Robert Esmie won two world titles, and Olympic gold in 1996 with a then-national record time of 37.69 seconds.

Rodney, Brown, De Grasse, and Blake took Olympic gold in Paris last summer, and have one world title to their credit. That was won in Eugene, Ore., in 2022 where they set the current national record time of 37.48 seconds.

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