Nairobi, May 2 -- Kenya's 4x400 metres mixed relay team set a new African record at the 2026 World Athletics Relays Championships in Gaborone, Botswana, on Saturday to qualify for today's final.

The team's second place finish effectively qualified it for the 2027 Beijing World Athletics Championships which will be held in Beijing, as well as the 2026 Ultimate Championship, which will be held at the end of the season.

Mercy Chebet anchored the team of Kelvin Kiprotich, Mercy Oketch and George Mutinda to second place in a new Africa record of three minutes and 09.87 seconds, finishing behind Great Britain, who won the third heat a world-leading time of 3:09.69.

They erased the previous record of 3:11.16 set by South Africa during the pre...