EUGENE, Oregon (July 23) — USA, Great Britain, and Jamaica are the fastest qualifiers for the women’s 4x400m final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon 22 after the semi-finals on Day 9 on Saturday (23).
The United States team that included Allyson Felix on the second leg, advanced to the final with the fastest time at 3:23.38 to win the first heat ahead of Great Britain which clocked 3:23.92 to move into the final with the second quickest time.
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“I don’t think they’ll need me tomorrow,” Felix, who ran 50.61 seconds on her second leg, told reporters.
The 13-time world champion was called up to race in the heats of the women’s, and she got back on a plane to Eugene, Oregon.
“They just called me and asked if I am willing to be in and I am here,” said Felix. “It is really cool, I did not expect it to happen.
“But I am always up to run with this team. All of us ran pretty hard to put our team in a position for tomorrow. This is really special.”
Meanwhile, Jamaica, which ran without both 400m finalists Stephenie Ann McPherson and Candice McLeod dominated the second semi-final heat with a time of 3:24.23 to qualify with the third-best time entering the medal race.
After the top three teams, the rest of the field includes Belgium (3:28.0), Canada (3:28.49), Italy (3:28.89), and France (3:28.89).
Meanwhile, despite a blistering 49.3 split from Femke Bol on the anchor leg, the Netherlands didn’t advance to the final after they were disqualified for a dropped baton on the exchange between the second and third leg runners.
Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images for World Athletics
4X400 METRES RELAY WOMEN’S RESULTS
| RESULT | ||||
| POS | COUNTRY | TEAM | MARK | DETAILS |
| 1 | USA | United States Talitha DIGGS Allyson FELIX Kaylin WHITNEY Jaide STEPTER BAYNES | 3:23.38 SB | Q |
| 2 | GBR | Great Britain & NI Ama PIPI Laviai NIELSEN Victoria OHURUOGU Nicole YEARGIN | 3:23.92 SB | Q |
| 3 | FRA | France Sokhna LACOSTE Shana GREBO Sounkamba SYLLA Amandine BROSSIER | 3:28.89 SB | Q |
| 4 | SUI | Switzerland Silke LEMMENS Julia NIEDERBERGER Annina FAHR Yasmin GIGER | 3:29.11 SB | q |
| 5 | UKR | Ukraine Kateryna KARPYUK Anastasiya BRYZHINA Viktoriya TKACHUK Anna RYZHYKOVA | 3:29.25 SB | |
| 6 | GER | Germany Corinna SCHWAB Elisa LECHLEITNER Judith FRANZEN Alica SCHMIDT | 3:30.48 | |
| 7 | RSA | South Africa Miranda Charlene COETZEE Marlie VILJOEN Gontse Martha MORAKE Zenéy VAN DER WALT | 3:34.68 | |
| NED | Netherlands Hanneke OOSTERWEGEL Lieke KLAVER Cathelijn PEETERS Femke BOL | DQ |
| RESULT | ||||
| POS | COUNTRY | TEAM | MARK | DETAILS |
| 1 | JAM | Jamaica Stacey Ann WILLIAMS Junelle BROMFIELD Tiffany JAMES Charokee YOUNG | 3:24.23 SB | Q |
| 2 | BEL | Belgium Naomi VAN DEN BROECK Imke VERVAET Helena PONETTE Camille LAUS | 3:28.02 SB | Q |
| 3 | CAN | Canada Micha POWELL Aiyanna STIVERNE Kyra CONSTANTINE Natassha MCDONALD | 3:28.49 SB | Q |
| 4 | ITA | Italy Anna POLINARI Ayomide Temilade FOLORUNSO Virginia TROIANI Alice MANGIONE | 3:28.72 SB | q |
| 5 | POL | Poland Justyna ŚWIĘTY-ERSETIC Iga BAUMGART-WITAN Kinga GACKA Małgorzata HOŁUB-KOWALIK | 3:29.34 | |
| 6 | NOR | Norway Astri ERTZGAARD Elisabeth SLETTUM Linn OPPEGAARD Amalie IUEL | 3:32.00 | |
| 7 | ESP | Spain Eva SANTIDRIÁN Aauri Lorena BOKESA Laura HERNÁNDEZ Carmen AVILÉS | 3:32.87 | |
| BAH | Bahamas | DNS |
Anyone know what Femke Bol’s time was for her anchor in the semis? It looked like it was smokin!
I believe it was 48.38 seconds