Watch Canadian sprinters compete at the World Athletics Relays

Click on the video player above to watch live coverage of the World Athletics Relays from Gaborone, Botswana.

Action begins on Saturday at 8 a.m. ET and continues again on Sunday at 8 a.m ET.

The 29-member Canadian team is lead by the Olympic champion foursome of Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, and Jerome Blake, who will compete in the men's 4x100-metre event.

At stake in Botswana is qualification for the 2027 world championships, with the top 12 teams in all six events – the men’s, women’s, and mixed 4x100-metres, and the men's, women’s, and mixed 4x400m – securing berths at worlds.