The women's

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at the

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was held at the

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on 22 April. Just before the gun, Kenya's Eglay Nafuna Nalanya flinched, almost disqualifying their team, but she righted herself before the gun. The first runner to the break line was American

Chanelle Price Chanelle Price (born August 22, 1990) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter run. She has a personal record of 1:59.10 for the distance. She was the gold medalist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2014. P ...

who found her way to the front followed closely by Nalanya and Australian Lora Storey. All five teams sorted themselves out into a string, with Poland's Anna Sabat the first to fall behind. After shadowing Price through most of the first leg, Nalanya slowed during the last 150 metres leaving Storey and Belarus' Darya Barysevich as the only chasers. Shortly after the first handoff, Chrishuna Williams broke away for the American team. That lead was temporary as Australian Abbey De La Motte and Belarus'

Ilona Usovich Ilona Usovich ( be, Ілона Усовіч; born 14 November 1982) is a Belarusian sprinter. Together with Natallia Solohub, Anna Kozak and Svetlana Usovich (her sister) she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World ...

not only pulled in the gap but went past Williams. De La Motte continued the momentum and put a gap on both of her pursuers handing off to

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with almost a 10-metre lead. Williams finally put on a strong kick finish to separate from Usovich, slightly pulling in De La Motte's big lead. During the first 200 metres of the third leg, American

Laura Roesler Laura Roesler (born December 19, 1991) is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She is currently coached by Rose Monday and based in Florida. High School career Roesler was a 22-time North Dakota state champion fo ...

pulled back the lead. With 300 to go in their leg, Roesler passed Buckman with Belarus' Viktoria Kushnir making up the gap behind. During the next 200 metres Roesler opened up a 20-metre lead while Kushnir eased past Buckman. Roesler continued to expand the lead handing off to Charlene Lipsey with over a 30-metre advantage. Kushnir separated from Buckman to hand off to

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Marina Arzamasova Maryna Aliaksandrauna Arzamasova (née Katowich, be, Марына Аляксандраўна Арзамасава (Катовіч), russian: Марина Александровна Арзамасова; born 17 December 1987) is a Belarusian midd ...

with a comfortable gap. Through the first lap, Arzamasova brought the gap down to just over 5 metres, with Australian

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in tow 10 metres back. From there, Lipsey began to open the gap again, separating ultimately to a 25-metre victory. See closed the gap down to 4 metres but Arzamasova was stronger on the last 100 metres for a Belarus silver.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Schedule

Results

Final

The final was started at 21:51.Final Results
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References

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