USA upset Jamaica in women's 4x100m

XY wrote:

It is pretty clear that there is no love between ETH and SFP, it caught up to them last night. The USA had an underdog camaraderie that combined with the home field advantage, especially in Prandini's case.

Reddevil wrote:

Those numbers also confirm how much Steiner underperformed in the 200.

Shes much better than what she showed and should have been able to medal, but glad to see she rebounded in the relay.

Reddevil wrote:

Those numbers also confirm how much Steiner underperformed in the 200.

Shes much better than what she showed and should have been able to medal, but glad to see she rebounded in the relay.

TrackCoach wrote:

JohnR wrote:

Take 4x100 relay split times with a grain of salt, but this was how the U.S. women fared for each of their legs, vs. Jamaica -

1) Jefferson 11.35, Nelson 11.45

2) Steiner 9.86, ETH 10.10

3) SFP 9.97, Prandini 10.05

4) Jackson 9.66, TT 9.88

In short, Jefferson won the battle of the youngsters, Steiner picked up a lot of surprise ground, Prandini was just as surprising in staying very close to SFP and TT did about as well as she could in holding off the world 200 meter champ.

What a great ensemble performance by the U.S. women. They worked very well as a team.

Not sure where you got your splits, but Melissa gave us a lead and Steiner basically maintained. There is no way SAFP ran faster than Prandini; Pardini was the star of that relay, she gave TT a 10-meter lead.

JohnR wrote:

Reddevil wrote:

Those numbers also confirm how much Steiner underperformed in the 200.

Shes much better than what she showed and should have been able to medal, but glad to see she rebounded in the relay.

Mentally, I dropped her from the 4x400 relay after her 200 meter performance, figuring her legs are gone. But that is clearly not the case. It seems that nerves more than tired legs did her in during the 200 Final. At any rate, she surely must be running the 4x400 now, after that performance.

TrackCoach wrote:

JohnR wrote:

Take 4x100 relay split times with a grain of salt, but this was how the U.S. women fared for each of their legs, vs. Jamaica -

1) Jefferson 11.35, Nelson 11.45

2) Steiner 9.86, ETH 10.10

3) SFP 9.97, Prandini 10.05

4) Jackson 9.66, TT 9.88

In short, Jefferson won the battle of the youngsters, Steiner picked up a lot of surprise ground, Prandini was just as surprising in staying very close to SFP and TT did about as well as she could in holding off the world 200 meter champ.

What a great ensemble performance by the U.S. women. They worked very well as a team.

Not sure where you got your splits, but Melissa gave us a lead and Steiner basically maintained. There is no way SAFP ran faster than Prandini; Pardini was the star of that relay, she gave TT a 10-meter lead.

aztec the moron wrote:

TrackCoach wrote:

Not sure where you got your splits, but Melissa gave us a lead and Steiner basically maintained. There is no way SAFP ran faster than Prandini; Pardini was the star of that relay, she gave TT a 10-meter lead.

The official splits are here. You are wrong. Steiner was the hero. Jefferson beat an athlete she should have beaten and Steiner BEASTED the 2nd leg, beating the 2nd fastest 100m runner in history by .24.

Link:media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocument...

1 UNITED STATES USA 3 0.171 41.14
1175 Melissa JEFFERSON 11.35 (1)
1206 Abby STEINER 9.86 (1) 21.21 (1)
1197 Jenna PRANDINI 10.05 (3) 31.26 (1)
1211 Twanisha TERRY 9.88 (4)
SB 2 JAMAICA JAM 5 0.177 41.18
846 Kemba NELSON 11.45 (2)
855 Elaine THOMPSON-HERAH 10.10 (4) 21.55 (2)
836 Shelly-Ann FRASER-PRYCE 9.97 (1) 31.52 (2)
840 Shericka JACKSON 9.66 (2)