USA Today · Aug 20, 2016
The Latest: US women qualify fastest for 4x400 relay final
(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
9:35 p.m.
Allyson Felix may get another chance at an Olympic gold medal, regardless of what happens in the 4x100-meter relay final, after the United States qualified fastest for Saturday's 4x400 relay final.
Phyllis Francis anchored the 4x400 relay in the first of two preliminaries Friday night and finished 20 meters clear of second-place Ukraine in a season-best 3:21.42. Poland and Australia were third and fourth to reach the final.
Jamaica won the second 4x400 qualifying heat in 3:22.38, followed by Britain and Canada.