Showing posts with label 4x400. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4x400. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
US wins women's 4x400 at the world championships (AP)
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
US wins women's 4x400 at the world championships (AP)
DAEGU, South Korea – The United States won the women's 1,600-meter relay Saturday, giving Allyson Felix a women's record seventh gold medal at the world championships.
Felix and Sanya Richards-Ross failed to get gold in the individual 400, but built a big lead in running the first two legs of the relay to lead the U.S. to victory in 3 minutes, 18.09 seconds.
Jamaica took silver in 3:18.71 and Russia earned bronze in 3:19.36.
It was the third straight victory in the event for the United States, while Jamaica has now taken silver at the last four world championships.
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