{"id":205045,"date":"2026-03-23T04:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/usa-breaks-championship-record-in-mens-4x400m-in-kujawy-pomorze-worldathletics-org\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:05:30","slug":"usa-breaks-championship-record-in-mens-4x400m-in-kujawy-pomorze-worldathletics-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/usa-breaks-championship-record-in-mens-4x400m-in-kujawy-pomorze-worldathletics-org\/","title":{"rendered":"USA breaks championship record in men&#039;s 4x400m in Kujawy Pomorze &#8211; worldathletics.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Khaleb McRae anchors USA to 4x400m victory in World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26<!-- --> (<!-- -->\u00a9 <!-- -->Getty Images<!-- -->)<br \/>Twenty-four hours after missing out on the individual 400m title in a race where the championship record fell, Khaleb McRae gained redemption by anchoring USA to victory in the men&rsquo;s 4x400m in a championship record of 3:01.52 at the <strong>World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26<\/strong> on Sunday (22).<br \/>In so doing, the USA claimed their 12th world indoor title in the men&rsquo;s 4x400m, defeating two of their biggest rivals: Belgium, winner of this title in 2024, and Jamaica, the silver medallists in 2025.<br \/>Belgium took an early lead thanks to Jonathan Sacoor&rsquo;s 45.83 opening leg, but Chris Robinson &ndash; who had finished just outside the medals in the individual 400m &ndash; put USA in front at half way thanks to a 45.16 split.<br \/>Demarius Smith held USA&rsquo;s lead, though Belgium&rsquo;s Julien Watrin managed to close slightly. McRae extended the leading margin on the final leg, though, anchoring the US home with a swift 44.65 clocking to cross the line in 3:01.52 &ndash; just 0.01 shy of the world short track record.<br \/>Belgium took silver in 3:03.29 and Jamaica claimed bronze in 3:05.99, just 0.06 ahead of the Netherlands.<br \/>&ldquo;Once my guys got me in a good position, I knew I was going to be able to bring it home,&rdquo; said McRae. &ldquo;It was amazing for me to win my first gold medal with a championship record.&rdquo;<br \/><strong>Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics<\/strong><br \/><em>Missed the action or want to watch again? Check out the highlights on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/worldathletics.org\/videos\/playlist\/world-athletics-indoor-championships-highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Athletics+<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxNTVFvckhsLUFiVkp6dzNBdWVpMVJfT1JfR0hTUEY3ZEt2VFNib01JWkoyX1RBWUw4RmQwazNMRFdBTXNuNXczakdIbHRXbm1sY3hQeVNkTEFrMHhzT2JjTE1nNTBpNlhpeFJHbE9yWmRqTFpTMGdGZC1ES1lOcEQ4dzRrVWNSUHhmN3pvT0prV294c0g3bXNPX2RIYmNKTnFqbGFYTGRFUkJjYkl4eDhGZEdiSGV0VUEtOG4wZDB6S3FxVWJ5U2NJU1JvbHUyYXJ0NGJxOUxWMExSekpQNkE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khaleb McRae anchors USA to 4x400m victory in World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 (\u00a9 Getty Images)Twenty-four hours after missing out on the individual 400m title in a race where the championship record fell, Khaleb McRae gained redemption by anchoring USA to victory in the men&rsquo;s 4x400m in a championship record of 3:01.52 at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-205045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}