London Diaries, Day 9: USA Women take 4x400m in fastest time in 19 years!, by Larry Eder

US 4 x 400 meter Relay, gold, photo by PhotoRun.net

Nice to see all four US relay teams medal, get batons around the track and have

fun kicking butt. The women’s relays were superb, and they really enjoy the

competition.

DeeDee Trotter handing to Allyson Felix, then off to Francena McCorory, and finally

to Sanya Richards-Ross.

The long relay is a tough one. I had expected the Russians to give them some

challenge, but with the legs that team had, and their hand offs, the US team was

unstoppable.

And respect to the ladies involved in the heats as well.

The US team ran 3:16.87, the fastest time in 19 years! Russia took the silver in

3:20.95 and Jamaica took the bronze in 3:20.95.

11 August 2012 – 20:25

Position	Lane	Bib	Team	Country	Mark
1	7	United States (Deedee Trotter; Allyson Felix; Francena McCorory; Sanya Richards-Ross)	USA	3:16.87	(SB)
2	5	Russia (Yulia Gushchina; Antonina Krivoshapka; Tatyana Firova; Natalya Antyukh)	RUS	3:20.23	(SB)
3	6	Jamaica (Christine Day; Rosemarie Whyte; Shericka Williams; Novlene Williams-Mills)	JAM	3:20.95	(SB)
4	4	Ukraine (Alina Lohvynenko; Olha Zemlyak; Hanna Yaroshchuk; Nataliya Pyhyda)	UKR	3:23.57	(SB)
5	9	Great Britain & N.I. (Shana Cox; Lee McConnell; Perri Shakes-Drayton; Christine Ohuruogu)	GBR	3:24.76	(SB)
6	8	France (Phara Anacharsis; Muriel Hurtis; Marie Gayot; Floria Guei)	FRA	3:25.92	.
7	2	Czech Republic (Denisa RosolovÃ¡; Zuzana BergrovÃ¡; Jitka BartonickovÃ¡; Zuzana HejnovÃ¡)	CZE	3:27.77	.
.	3	Nigeria (Omolara Omotosho; Muizat Ajoke Odumosu; Regina George; Bukola Abogunloko)	NGR	DQ	.

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 51-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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