Jamaicans sweep 4x100M relays in Beijing

Jamaica’s 4x100M men quartet took advantage of a poor final baton change by the USA men’s relay team to join the women in winning gold for the tiny island nation.

With the women on the sideline cheering Bolt on, he anchored Jamaica to their 6th… yes sixth… gold of the championships, his 3rd.  The Jamaican really accentuated a great day of track and field, a day that saw USA’s Ashton Eaton break the Decathlon record with a score of 9045, China’s 4×100 men winning silver after USA was disqualified, and Mo Farrah winning the 5,000M.

Womens 4x100M relays

1    JAMAICA – 41.07    (Championship Record)

1. Veronica Cambell-Brown –> 2. Natasha Morrison –> 3. Elaine Thompson –> 4. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

2    UNITED STATES – 41.68

1 English Gardner –> 2. Allyson Felix –> 3. Jenna Prandini –> 4, Jasmine Todd

3    TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – 42.03

1. Kelly-Ann Baptiste –> 2. Michelle-Lee Ahye –> 3. Reyare Thomas –> 4. Semoy Hackett

Mens 4x100M relays

1. JAMAICA – 37.36

1. Nesta CARTER –> 2. Asafa POWELL –> 3. Nickel ASHMEADE –> 4. Usain BOLT

2. CHINA – 38.01

1. Youxue Mo –> 2. Zhenye Xie –> 3. Bingtian Su –> 4. Peimeng Zhang

3. CANADA – 38.13

1. Aaron Brown –> 2. Andre DeGrasse –> 3. Brendon Rodney –> 4. Justyn Warner

UNITED STATES – 2nd but DQ

1. Trayvon Bromell –> 2. Justin Gatlin –> 3. Tyson Gay –> 4. Mike Rogers