The final event on the track and field venue lived up to the reputation. The US got the baton around the track, which, yes is half the game. Ryan Bailey, in his first relay final, had to run against Usain Bolt.
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Position | Lane | Bib | Team | Country | Mark | . |
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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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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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