World Championships Updates (Last Days) Part 2

On the final days of competition at the World Championships we witnessed the most anticipated races of the whole Championships, the men's and women's 4 by 100 and 4 by 400. In the 4 by 100 for the women, there were a lot of great teams in the field. The United States had , had there share of problems, because of Allyson Felix going down to a hamstring injury in the 200m, and it showed during the 4 by100. Jamaica would win in a very commanding fashion taking 1st place in the 4 by 100 final with a time of 41.29. On the men's side of things Jamaica's Usian Bolt was the star of the event. The field was loaded with great teams such as the United States, Jamaica, and Canada. The Canadians lost there medal last summer , and they were determined this summer to make sure they won a medal. Usian Bolt came out very strong for Jamaica anchoring there relay along with America's Justin Gatlin. Bolt would lead the Jamaicans to a gold medal with a time of 37.36. The United States would win the silver and the Canadians would finally win there fifth medal in the event ever getting the bronze with the times of 37.66 and 37.92. On the 4 by 400 side of things the United States had a completely different story when it came to the men.  The United States dominated from beginning to end of the race. Lashawn Merritt of the United States would anchor the relay putting up a 20 meter lead at the end of the race to lead the United States to a commanding lead and the gold medal and a time of 2:58.71. Jamaica would win the silver with a time of 2:59.88 and Russia would win the bronze with a time of 2:59.90. On the women's side of things, the results weren't what anyone expected. Since Allyson Felix went down in the 200m and Sanya Richard was not able to compete because of off season surgery the 4 by 400 relay for the United States had a lot of new faces on it. The field was loaded with a lot of talent, with Russia and Jamaica, the United States new that it was going to be a tough battle. Through the first two legs of the race the United States led very commandingly, but would slowly fall down hill and they would receive the silver with a time of 3:20.41 to Russia who would win the gold with a time of 3:20.19, and Great Britain would win the bronze with a time of 3:22.61.