Canada wins first World Relays mixed 4x100-meter title from Jamaica and Britain

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Canada won the first ever World Relays mixed 4x100-meter title in Guangzhou, China on Sunday.

The Canadian team of Sade McCreath, Marie-Eloise Leclair, Duan Asemota and Eliezer Adjibi finished ahead of Jamaica and Britain as the event made its global debut at the World Relays.

Canada recorded a winning time of 40.30, with Jamaica taking second in 40.44 and the team from Britain and Northern Ireland finishing in 40.88.

South Africa's men won the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays, with Akani Simbine leading the 4x100 team to victory in 37.61 to edge the United States and Olympic champion Canada.

Britain won the women's 4x100 in 42.21 from Spain and Jamaica, and Spain won the women’s 4x400 in a national record 3 minutes, 24.13 seconds.

The United States set a meet record of 3:09.54 seconds to win the mixed 4x400-meter relay.

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Jamaican sprinters from left, Tina Clayton, Shericka Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Natasha Morrison celebrate after winning the bronze medals in women's 4x100 meters relay at the World Athletics Relays, in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)

British sprinters from left; Joe Ferguson, Jeriel Quainoo, Kissiwaa Mensah, and Asha Philip celebrate after winning the bronze medals in 4x100 meters mixed relay at the World Athletics Relay, in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Canadian sprinter Eliezer Adjibi, right, celebrates after winning in the 4x100 meters mixed relay at the World Athletics Relays, in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Athletes exchange the baton during the men's 4x100 meter relay at the World Athletics Relays, in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Canada sprinters from left; Duan Asemota, Marie-ÉLoise Leclair, Sade Mccreath, and Eliezer Adjibi celebrate after winning the gold medals in 4x100 meters mixed relay at the World Athletics Relay, in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Vote counting was underway Friday in Uganda’s tense presidential election, which was held a day earlier amid an internet shutdown, voting delays and complaints by an opposition leader who said some of his polling agents had been detained by the authorities.

Opposition leader Bobi Wine said Thursday he was unable to leave his house and that his polling agents in rural areas were abducted before voting started, undermining his efforts to prevent electoral offenses such as ballot stuffing.

Wine is hoping to end President Yoweri Museveni's four-decade rule in an election during which the military was deployed and heavy security was posted outside his house near Kampala, the Ugandan capital, after the vote.

The musician-turned-politician wrote on X on Thursday that a senior party official in charge of the western region had been arrested, adding there was “massive ballot stuffing everywhere.”

Rural Uganda, especially the western part of the country, is a ruling-party stronghold, and the opposition would be disadvantaged by not having polling agents present during vote counting.

To try to improve his chances of winning, Wine had urged his supporters to “protect the vote” by having witnesses document alleged offenses at polling stations, in addition to deploying official polling agents.

Wine faced similar setbacks when he first ran for president five years ago. Museveni took 58% of the vote, while Wine got 35%, according to official results. Wine said at the time that the election had been rigged in favor of Museveni, who has spoken disparagingly of his rival.

Museveni, after voting on Thursday, said the opposition had infiltrated the 2021 election and defended the use of biometric machines as a way of securing the vote in this election.

Museveni has served the third-longest tenure of any African leader and is seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. The aging president’s authority has become increasingly dependent on the military, which is led by his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Uganda has not witnessed a peaceful transfer of presidential power since independence from British colonial rule six decades ago.

Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station, during the presidential election, in the capital, Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Election officials count ballots after the polls closed for the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

An election official holds up unmarked ballots during the vote count after polls closed for the presidential election, at a polling center in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A political representative speaks as he works to observe and verify the counting of ballots after polls closed in the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A supporter of leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine cheers while watching election officials count ballots, after polls closed at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)