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U.S. Women's 4x100 Relay Team Scores Gold After Earlier Baton Drop




The U.S. women won the 4x100-meter relay race on Friday at the Rio Olympics, a day after a missed baton handoff nearly dashed their gold medal hopes.


With a time of 41.01 seconds, the team ― sprinters Allyson Felix, English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie ― bested Jamaica, which took silver, and Great Britain, which won bronze. Jamaica finished in 41.36 seconds, and Great Britain with 41.77, according to The New York Times.



#USA ran away with the women's 4x100 relay gold in the second fastest time ever.

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.@AllysonFelix has made history tonight!#Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/EtYXCF7mki

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The Americans very nearly didn’t make the final. 


In the qualifying round early Thursday, just before she would have handed the baton to Gardner, Felix was hit by a Brazilian runner who had veered into the wrong lane. The Americans dropped the baton, but Felix, displaying a veteran’s knowledge of the rules, told Gardner to keep going.


Gardner picked up the baton and ran. The team finished the race with a time of 1 minute 6.71 seconds ― too slow to advance to the final.



But all was not lost. “I just know that if something is protest-able, you have to finish,” Felix told NBC Sports after the disastrous first run.


The American team filed a complaint through the International Association of Athletics Federations, track and field’s governing body, and was granted a do-over. On Thursday night, alone on the track, they ran the 400 meters in 41.77 seconds ― the fastest in Round 1, just ahead of Jamaica’s 41.79. The Brazilian team, meanwhile, was disqualified for crossing into another lane.


You can watch Team USA’s re-run ― in a fairly empty stadium ― below:





The Americans’ new time bumped China out of the final. China had initially tied Canada with a time of 42.70 seconds, but, broken down to thousands of a second, Canada came out slightly ahead.


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