The women's

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at the

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was held at the London

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on 12 August.

Summary

USA with

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and the home British team with Asha Philip were out fast, gaining slightly on

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for Germany to their outside, while outside of Germany,

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had Jamaica pulling away. USA and Jamaica had smooth handoffs to

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and

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respectively, but the British team had a hesitation on the handoff to Desirèe Henry, losing a slight amount of time. On the backstretch, Henry passed Germany's

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. Felix made a comfortable hand off to

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slightly ahead of Jamaica's handoff to Simone Facey, GBR handing off to

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two steps later. Through the final turn, Germany's

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made up a lot of ground as the field tightened. At the final handoff Jamaica's Sashalee Forbes took a quick glance back, USA's

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took a more serious look to make sure she got the baton, effectively in handoff style, while Germany to

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and the British to

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used the more conventional blind handoffs to pull closer. Onto the straightaway, Bowie had a half metre lead over Forbes and Neita, who were virtually even. Neita looked to stay with Bowie for the first half of the straightaway, separating from Jamaica before Bowie put in some clear separation for the USA win. As Neita tightened, Forbes started to close but not enough for Jamaica to take the silver away from the British.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification criteria

The first eight placed teams at the

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and the host country qualify automatically for entry with remaining places being filled by teams with the fastest performances during the qualification period.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 12 August in two heats as follows: The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Final

The final took place on 12 August at 20:05. The results were as follows
photo finish
:

References

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