The World Athletics Relays (© Getty Images)
Multiple global gold medallists – including Noah Lyles, Femke Bol and Bahamian stars Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Steven Gardiner and Devynne Charlton – will be among the athletes in action at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 on 4-5 May.
The competition holds extra significance, as it is the main qualifying event for relay events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Competition takes place at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau.
The programme features five relay events:
Women’s 4x100m and 4x400m
Men’s 4x100m and 4x400m
Mixed 4x400m
One team per nation can compete in each event and a maximum of eight athletes can be entered for each team. Among those entered, any four athletes may then be used in the composition of each relay team apart from in the mixed 4x400m, where a maximum of six athletes (three men and three women) may be entered with a single substitution allowed after the first round.
Prize money
The top eight teams in each event will be awarded the following prize money:
Team
1st US$40,000
2nd US$20,000
3rd US$10,000
4th US$8000
5th US$6000
6th US$4000
7th US$3000
8th US$2000
If a team breaks a world record, a prize of US$50,000 will be awarded, subject to record ratification.
Olympic qualification
The top 14 teams in each event at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 will automatically qualify for places at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The remaining two places in each discipline will be awarded based on top lists during the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024).
Olympic places are up for grabs on both days of action in The Bahamas. On the first day, the top two teams in each heat will advance to the final on day two, while also securing their qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
In the finals on day two, teams will compete for prize money and obtain Olympic lane seeding positions.
All other teams will compete on day two in the additional round where the top two teams in each heat will also qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Entry lists for the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 were published last week and are available here.
The Facts and Figures document for the event, edited by Mark Butler, has also been published and is available here.
