¶2012 OG: m4x100–Jamaica 36.84 WR !!! [with splits]

[Fortis4Eva]

OMG what a great race by both teams!!!!!!!!!

[sprintzfan]

Wow! Yohan the game changer!

[CookyMonzta]

Like I said, bad move to keep either of your 2 fastest guys off the anchor.

[Cooter Brown]

Blake's curve was ridiculous.

[guru]

Ha they wont let jamaica keep the baton

[t_monk]

..... Gay was embarrassed by Blake on that 3rd leg..... #justsaying

[jeremyp]

Prediction for final. Jamaica wins in 37.02 WR. USA 2nd in 37.18.

Jamaica's going 36 tomorrow,and the USA team might as well.

Yeah I think both will go under 37. Provided both finish.

[EPelle]

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1   5 Jamaica 0.162   36.84   WR
2   6 United States 0.154   37.04   NR
3   4 Canada 0.155   38.07
4   8 Trinidad&Tobago 0.176   38.12   
5   2 France 0.181   38.16   
6   3 Japan 0.162   38.35   
7   7 Netherlands 0.171   38.39   
8   1 Australia 0.127   38.43   

[mal]

..... Gay was embarrassed by Blake on that 3rd leg..... #justsaying

thanks for your insight

[EPelle]

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1   5 Jamaica 0.162   36.84   WR
2   6 United States 0.154   37.04   NR
3   4 Canada 0.155   38.07
4   8 Trinidad&Tobago 0.176   38.12   
5   2 France 0.181   38.16   
6   3 Japan 0.162   38.35   
7   7 Netherlands 0.171   38.39   
8   1 Australia 0.127   38.43   

Canada have actuallly been DQ; T&T elevated to bronze

[Fortis4Eva]

..... Gay was embarrassed by Blake on that 3rd leg..... #justsaying

You ain't lying

[j-a-m]

I think Japan or Canada will grab a medal here.

would've been a good call, except for Canada's DQ

[guru]

..... Gay was embarrassed by Blake on that 3rd leg..... #justsaying

Yep

[eDJon20]

Yohan Blake ate Tyson on that curve
It's expected, I bet that's the first time he ran a curve all out since 2010

[jeremyp]

I thought the US had a shot until those blasted( ) B Boys got involved.

[j-a-m]

Bailey on anchor?

Bailey did fine on anchor.

[DrJay]

Oh, can't afford to give the $20 baton to the greatest 4x1 realay team ever.

[ATK]

..... Gay was embarrassed by Blake on that 3rd leg..... #justsaying

I agree.
Blake destroyed the 3rd leg. But the US was only a step behind when both got the baton on the anchor.

[ATK]

I think Japan or Canada will grab a medal here.

would've been a good call, except for Canada's DQ

yea close. What was it a zone DQ?

[croflash]

Why was Gay running the curve with his hip issues anyway? Wasn't that the reason why he chose to focus on the 100?

[j-a-m]

USA: 37,04NR

tied previous WR, i.e. =2 all-time?

[JRM]

Great race, but worst streaming of the meet. I got about 10 frames through the entire relay.

Congrats to Canada on the Bronze!

On edit: What, DQ???

[TrainerPhil]

Hopefully both the US and Jamaica get that dang baton around. The US will probably run 37 very low and might even dip under the current WR, but if there ever was a lock for a WR this is it. Jamaica will run 36.8X.

As wrong as I was in predicting the women's 4x100, I've made up for it with this

[Fortis4Eva]

Yohan Blake ate Tyson on that curve
It's expected, I bet that's the first time he ran a curve all out since 2010

He ran the curve in Monaco just before London and had no problems then.

[j-a-m]

yea close. What was it a zone DQ?

Don't know; announcers here said it last thing before they went into commercial break, haven't seen any replay.

[Dutra5]

Usain should have handed the official a dollar (or perhaps a Euro) for the baton

[jazzcyclist]

Like I said, bad move to keep either of your 2 fastest guys off the anchor.

How many times must it be repeated? Speed is fungible. Gatlin gave the U.S. the lead on his leg. Had he anchored and Bailey ran second, Gatlin would have gotten the baton behind Bolt instead of even with him like Bailey did.

[DrJay]

Well, the Jamaicans took 0.20 off their NR, the US 0.36 off their pre-London NR.

[steveu]

Yeah, only problem was they needed to be a few steps ahead. That's what they were counting on. Still, marvelous race for both teams. 36.84 and 37.04 are stupendous in mediocre sprinting conditions (though a fabulous surface). An 0.20 margin is probably the mean of predictions that could have been accumulated before the games.

..... Gay was embarrassed by Blake on that 3rd leg..... #justsaying

I agree.
Blake destroyed the 3rd leg. But the US was only a step behind when both got the baton on the anchor.

[J2thaD]

Fanstastic run! One can only imagine what they would have run if Powell was healthy and ran the lead off leg.

[j-a-m]

Yohan Blake ate Tyson on that curve

Guess he's called beast for a reason...

[aaronk]

..... Gay was embarrassed by Blake on that 3rd leg..... #justsaying

I agree.
Blake destroyed the 3rd leg. But the US was only a step behind when both got the baton on the anchor.

A "step behind" DA MAN.......

might as well be TEN FRIGGIN' MILES!!!!!

[sprintzfan]

..... Gay was embarrassed by Blake on that 3rd leg..... #justsaying

TOTALLY embarrassed Monk!

[Tuariki]

Could have been quite a bit faster. THe exchange between Blake and Bolt can only be described as average at best.

[Dutra5]

Watching the race live it looked like Trinidad was struggling to get the last exchange in the zone.

Who the hell is the director on the stream?????