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events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10th of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending

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Summary

With all 9 lanes filled, USA's Lynna Irby took off from the gun, making up the stagger on Chile's Martina Weil-Restrepo. Though looking impressive, she paid for the early speed by tying up on the home stretch, Jamaica's Olympic relay silver medalist Stephanie Ann McPherson putting her team in a clear lead ahead of Cuba and Canada. As Canada's Aiyanna Stiverne took the break, with Cuba's Rose Mary Almanza Blanco looking for running room, USA's Jaide Stepter calmly worked her way behind them. Coming off the turn she cruised by into second place handing off to 400 hurdle silver medalist Anna Cockrell. Down the backstretch, Cockrell opened up 5 metres on Canada's

Kyra Constantine Kyra Cheresse Constantine (born August 1, 1998) is a Canadian sprinter specializing in the 400 metres. She won the silver medal in the women's metres relay event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She also competed in the wome ...

, but through the second turn, Constantine pulled that back in, then pounced to zoom past not only Cockrell but Jamaica's 800 meter champion

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. The medals were decided for the anchor leg with Canada's 400 meter champion Sage Watson a step ahead of Jamaica's Roniesha McGregor a step ahead of USA's

Courtney Okolo Courtney Okolo (born March 15, 1994) is an American track and field sprinter who usually competes in the 400 metres. She starred at Carrollton (Texas) Newman Smith High School where she won multiple individual state championships. In college, ...

. Cuba was more than 20 metres back. The gap tightened through the final turn as McGregor closed on Watson and Okolo closed on McGregor, moving to her outer shoulder then pouncing, sprinting away from Watson and McGregor for the USA win by 3 metres. Watson separated from McGregor by the same 3 metres for a Canadian silver.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Final

The results were as follows:

References

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