OlympicTalk · Aug 20, 2016
U.S. men’s, women’s 4×400 teams qualify for Saturday’s finals
The last two relays of the Rio Olympics will be run Saturday night, with the final of both the men’s and women’s 4×400 relays will be held. And as one would expect, the U.S. will be represented in both races.
The women, with Courtney Okolo, Taylor Ellis-Watson, Francena McCrory and Phyllis Francis running the four legs, qualified for the final with a time of 3:21.42. That’s the best time posted of the eight qualifiers for the final, with Jamaica’s time of 3:22.38 being second-best. Those were the only two teams to post a time lower than 3:24, with Ukraine (3:24.54) qualifying with the third-best time of the evening.