The key to the short relays is to get the baton around the track. The USA sure did that tonight, as Bianca Knight handed off to Allyson Felix who handed off to Marshevet Myers, who handed off to Carmelita Jeter.
Jeter had a good lead on Veronica Campbell Brown, who anchored the Jamaica team. Jeter hit the finish line in 41.56, the world leader, with Jamaica (Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kerron Stewart, Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell-Brown) taking the silver in 41.70 National record.
The Ukraine team (Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Hrystyna Stuy) took the bronze in 42.51. In fourth, Trinidad & Tobago, in fourth in 42.58. France, in 42.70, Russia, 42.93.
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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