In the women’s 4×100-metre relay, a paper-like result was produced, while Canada won surprisingly in the men’s relay, partly thanks to the United States, who made a big mistake in the first relay and was disqualified after the Olympic athletics competition in Paris.
In the women’s relays, the USA was the clear winner, as the Jamaican team did not compete in their strongest line due to injuries. At the same time, the British relay started very well, and the German team also had a very good stick speed, they had the smoothest transitions. They started the last one from the front, the Americans were only fourth, even the French were running ahead of them.
The finisher for the Americans was Sha’Carri Richardson who won the 100 silver medal, and surprisingly she had the best speed to hold off the teams in front of her and win cleanly. The British came second, and the Germans came third.
In the men’s relays, the Italians won with great surprise in Tokyo, but it was not the favorites, but the Americans, even if the first Olympic champion pulled out out of the competitions due to the Covid disease. For the Americans, Christian Coleman, a former world champion, started and had a great start, although he ran very well, his relay partner, Kenneth Bednarek, started too early and had to stop the then to take over the baton. He didn’t even succeed in braking, he had already left the transition zone, so the American team was disqualified.
The Italians also started strongly, their last man, Filippo Tortu, took the baton in second place, but he could not keep that position, they slipped back to fourth place. The ranking of the Japanese changed even more than them, they were still in the lead, but they only finished in fifth place. The Canadian finisher, Andre De Grasse, accelerated emotionally and took the turn from third to first. South Africa’s Akani Simbine and Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes also ran this century faster, taking their relays to second and third place.
2024-08-09 18:29:29
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