Team Nigeria won the women’s 4x200m gold in dramatic fashion while Kenya settled for silver in the women’s distance medley on the first day of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015.
Pre-race
favourites USA looked to be on course to successfully defend their
title from 2014 with Shalonda Solomon, Kimberlyn Duncan and Jeneba
Tarmoh edging the Americans to a comfortable lead up to the last leg.
But
a mix-up in the final changeover between Tarmoh and Olympic 200m
champion Allyson Felix, meant that the Nigerians in second place were
able to profit.
The
Nigerian quartet of Blessing Okagbare, Regina George, Dominique Duncan
and Christy Udoh shaved two seconds off their national/African record
set earlier this year to take the gold medal in 1:30.52.
In
second place, The Bahamas crossed the line in 1:30.66, but they were
soon disqualified for completing their second changeover outside of the
zone.
Jamaica
then moved up to the second position on the podium in 1:31.73
with Germany moving up to third in 1:33.61 while China set an Asian
record of 1:34.89 in fourth.
Kenya
set an African record in the women’s distance medley relay with a time
of 10:43.35 behind the USA, who broke the world record with a time
of 10:36.50 in the process.
In third place, Poland set an European record of 10:45.32 to take the bronze medal.
Kenyan
men also finished second in the men’s 4 x 800m relay Final, but lost the
silver medal due to a disqualification for a rule violation during the
change over.
Namibia,
led by Tjipe Herunga, lowered their national record in the women’s
4x400m Relay by 23 seconds from 4:04.17 to 3:41.47 in Nassau.
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