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.
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.
Amazing,, So looks like ETH lost it for Jamaica.. Regardless, huge B team win over a stellar Jamaican squad! If you ran a simulation US would lose 98 out of 100.
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.
Amazing,, So looks like ETH lost it for Jamaica.. Regardless, huge B team win over a stellar Jamaican squad! If you ran a simulation US would lose 98 out of 100.
Maybe not. 41.14 is the 5th fastest ever and I see nothing that suggests it was a fluke. Jamaica ran the 6th fastest so it's not like they ran completely terrible.
In Tokyo Prandini ran the second leg and Thomas anchored. With Prandini on the third leg and Thomas again anchoring I think the US would've run even faster.
Heard Jasmine Todd talking on Citius mag and she pointed out that putting ETH 2nd and not 4th was a head-scratcher. Traditionally the best leg for 200m runners and top-end speed (longest leg). ETH struggled mightily in the 200m. Jamaica doesn’t practice and likely just stuck to the 2021 form book. But it cost them.