The Jamaican women placed an exclamation point on their dominance in the Friday night Olympic sprint and won the women’s 4×100 relay in a race whose outcome seemed predetermined from the start. The Jamaica team led three medalists in the 100m, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, leading Briana Williams’ lead leg. Thompson-Herah also …
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TOKYO – The United States failed to qualify for the men’s 4x100m relay final after again failing a stick transfer and placing sixth. A baton failure slowed the team as the United States finished in 38.10 seconds. China, Canada and Italy took the top three spots in the heat to automatically qualify for Friday’s final. …
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The United States won the 4x100m freestyle relay on Monday, surpassing Italy in the third-fastest relay in history. The Americans held a wire-to-wire explanation race. Caeleb Dressel gave the USA the early lead and Blake Pieroni caught him midway. Bowen Becker gave Americans home take Zach Apple a half-body-length tip. Men from Russia were expected …
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