Jamaica's World record, 4 x 100m, photo by PhotoRun.net
(Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Nesta Carter, Micheal Frater)
The Jamaicans and US team battled through the final hand off, and Bolt got that baton in his hand and just flew. Bailey ran hard, and ran well, but this was Bolt's fly into history. Consider this, dear readers. The US broke the NR in the heats, with 37.37, and then, in the final, tie the current WR, of 37.04 and set another NR. The Jamaicans kept it simple: good handoffs and run like hell.
Congrats to all the teams in the final, and to the Jamaicans, who set the WR, but I have to admit, so darn happy to see US team run well, get that baton around and two NRs!
And relay consultant to USATF, Jon Drummond should get kudos on putting the teams together, getting the batons around the track, and running faster than anyone but 1 team, on men's side. It was a race.
US team (Ryan Bailey, Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Trell Kimmons, )
photo by PhotoRun.net
11 August 2012 - 21:00
| Position | Lane | Bib | Team | Country | Mark | . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Jamaica (Nesta Carter; Michael Frater; Yohan Blake; Usain Bolt) | JAM | 36.84 | (WR) | |
| 2 | 7 | United States (Trell Kimmons; Justin Gatlin; Tyson Gay; Ryan Bailey) | USA | 37.04 | (NR) | |
| 3 | 9 | Trinidad and Tobago (Keston Bledman; Marc Burns; Emmanuel Callender; Richard Thompson) | TRI | 38.12 | . | |
| 4 | 3 | France (Jimmy Vicaut; Christophe Lemaitre; Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux; Ronald Pognon) | FRA | 38.16 | . | |
| 5 | 4 | Japan (Ryota Yamagata; Masashi Eriguchi; Shinji Takahira; Shota Iizuka) | JPN | 38.35 | . | |
| 6 | 8 | Netherlands (Brian Mariano; Churandy Martina; Giovanni Codrington; Patrick van Luijk) | NED | 38.39 | . | |
| 7 | 2 | Australia (Anthony Alozie; Isaac Ntiamoah; Andrew McCabe; Joshua Ross) | AUS | 38.43 | . | |
| . | 5 | Canada (Gavin Smellie; Oluseyi Smith; Jared Connaughton; Justyn Warner) | CAN | DQ | . |
| Team | Nation | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | JAM | 0.162 |
| United States | USA | 0.154 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TRI | 0.176 |
| France | FRA | 0.181 |
| Japan | JPN | 0.162 |
| Netherlands | NED | 0.171 |
| Australia | AUS | 0.127 |
| Canada | CAN | 0.155 |
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