Lewis-Francis: We can emulate Athens achievements

Olympic champion Mark Lewis-Francis insists Great Britain’s 4x100 metre relay team at the World Championships in Osaka has the individual potential to be better than the one that stormed to gold in Athens three years ago.

Lewis-Francis and Marlon Devonish, who were part of the 2004 Olympic gold medal-winning team alongside Jason Gardener and Darren Campbell, are joined in Osaka by Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Tyrone Edgar and 19-year-old European Juniors 200m champion Alex Nelson.