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Welcome to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, where we have the

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Caribbean Sea, the sand, the Sun and some of the best sprinters this

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weekend on the planet. The Bahamas are made up of over 700

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islands, with Nassau in the North of the Caribbean just under 200 miles

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from Miami off the East Coast of the USA, and it has hosted all three

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editions of the World Relays. Up for grabs is really burst at the London

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World Championships with teams needing atop eight championship

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positions. They have guaranteed London 2017 places as hosts but they

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will use this event to bond as a team and challenge for medals. This

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is the programme for the event. Other nations to watch out for

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include the USA, overall winners of the golden bat on at each of the

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previous events, and Jamaica who need little introduction. In 2015,

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the British' 4 x 400m was devastated after missing out on the Rio

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Olympics, but they are at full strength this time. And the line-up

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includes 82 macro, who was fifth at the 2015 World Championships, before

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injury denied him a place at the macro Olympics. I am honoured to be

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back, I am definitely back with more hunger this season. Last season was

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a bit of a sad season for me, especially seeing that I was back at

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home again, watching the Olympics from behind the TV again. When I saw

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the 200m, I was like, the players, the ways that got second, that was

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my personal best, and I was in great shape my season so I would

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definitely have got a medal. I told my mum that was my time and she was

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awake, I know you would have done well! It happens in track and field,

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I just have to move on and I have strengthened myself better this

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season. To be part of a team definitely is something to look

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forward to! I am excited and at the same time we have to compose

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ourselves and we have to get the stick around the track. Training has

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been spectacular, I am in the form of my life, my coach says, just

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looking forward to having a great time and getting medals for TeamGB.

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Zharnel Hughes and the British men go in the 30s, but first you

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Jamaica, lacking their leading man Usain Bolt nanograms suffer Powell

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who has got an injury. But still with power in the form of Yohan

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Blake. Jamaica in four and Bahamas and

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seven. Well, it is a clean start. And uneven start, Australia going

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reasonably well in lane six. The roaring down the back straight for

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the Bahamas, flying in lane number seven, Shavez Hart, and in lane

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four, Kemar Bailey-Cole. The changeable exclaim, China in the

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outside lane of eight and the Netherlands going well in five. The

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first two in each heat guaranteed a place in the final. The Netherlands,

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China Australia. Unofficially, the checkpoint 71 seconds. -- 30 8.7

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one. My goodness, what did we just see? The team in Orange coming

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through first. Looking for the green and gold. This is what happens to

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the Jamaicans, we know their history, they do not have Usain

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Bolt, but just on the right of the screen. Bailey-Cole on the second

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leg. So there we have our first big shock of the night. The frustration

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is quite clear for everybody to see. So Jamaica will not be in the final.

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Netherlands, China automatically go through. And now with no Jamaica,

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what a way to for this American quartet. USA anchored by Justin

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Gatlin. This is the list for the 4 x 400m 82 macro. We will see the

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United States, we will see Canada. Away they go. And we will see how

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Marvin Bracey takes on the leg for the Americans, and the Canadians

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have gone out strong along the back straight, the Americans also with

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Mike Rogers. The experience in the handover which looks green on the

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far side of the track. And they bring it drowned with the third

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stage, bake for the United States hands to Gatlin, and he faces Andre

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de Grasse. Andre de Grasse pushing Gatlin all the way, Canada take it

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ahead of the United States. The first two Baudry to the final and we

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have seen a thrilling sprint finish the second heat of this race.

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Results of heat macro as follows. Canada have edged just in front of

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the United States and those other qualifiers, the French will have to

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wait, coming in third, followed by Germany. In the last heat, Great

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Britain won a Bronze medal at the first edition of the World Relays in

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2014, let's meet the team. I am CJ Ujah, a run for Haringey, my event

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is I can't say may event! My personal best is 9.9 six. I am

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Zharnel Hughes, just looking forward to getting medals for TeamGB. Just

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my name first? Adam Gemili, and for Blackheath and Bromley Harriers. I

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am Danny Talbot, running for Birchfield Harriers, my event is the

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four by 100m Relay and my personal best is 10.14 seconds. The final

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event, Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be looking for

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automatic qualifying here in lane five. So a clean start. Think it is

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neither is going well, as is Great Britain and Northern Ireland in lane

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five. A safe hands -- a safe handover by the British team, and

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland flying down the back straight. Adam

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Gemili on the top bend, the 200-metre runner in superb form,

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Brazil making strides on the inside. Danny Talbot for Great Britain and

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Northern Ireland. And unofficially, the British team project and 22

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seconds. That is the result. The final heat Michael Mathieu by Great

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Britain and Northern Ireland, Barbados going through as well. And

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in terms of the final, it is looking tasty. This is what it will comprise

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of, the Canada, USA, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, down to

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Barbados. A great start by the British men and we will speak with

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them after their final later in the programme. First, to the women' four

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by 400m, the squad won winning the Rio Olympics Bronze medal and for

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the first time since then, the squad is back together. Not in Leeds,

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Christine Ohuruogu, saving herself for a place in the final. Eilidh

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Doyle, my event is the four by 400m Relay. My 400m personal-best is 51

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.45 seconds. My name is Emily Diamond and I am competing in the

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400 -- four by 400m Relay. I run for Liverpool Harriers, Anyika Onuora.

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My event is the four by 400m. I run for sale Harriers, Kelly Massey, I

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am competing in the four by 400m. The starting list for heat two. The

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women' 4 x 400m. Bahamas in lane seven and Canada in lane eight could

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be a team to watch. It is another clean start. Look out

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for Eilidh Doyle for Great Britain on inside. But immediately, storming

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out in lane seven. Shaunae Miller-Uibo has already made up the

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ground and has surpassed Caroline Muir, who is no slouch herself, and

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you will listen to the reception as she comes round and the home

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stretch. She really went out fast. And there will be work to do for

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some of the others. Eilidh Doyle digging deep to bring Britain into

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the race. But this is a fantastic lead by the Olympic champion Shaunae

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Miller-Uibo, who hands over to Anthonique Strachan. And already a

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big lead after 400m. I was questioning why they would put their

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best runner on the first leg but she brought them out to it, and a huge

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lead which brought this crowd into the meet. The crowd was in a frenzy,

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they went over the top at this point. That was a really good idea

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by the team from the Bahamas. On the second leg now, and diamonds ran a

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good leg for Great Britain in the Olympics, she will have to do the

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same here, and she is trying to eat into that advantage -- diamonds.

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Canada in third and Nigeria fourth. But it is going to be Anthonique

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Strachan into the third handover. See the strides, keeping the

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advantage. And she has done so, she was tiring towards the end. Onuora

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for Great Britain on the third leg. Great Britain has done a wonderful

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job of cutting that lead into half, she had ten metres, the Bahamas, in

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the lead at the changeover. Nigeria moving up just a little bit as well.

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Christina has work to do after the Bahamas had that big lead. Everybody

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bunching up again. A close race now, Nigeria have run a great race, but

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they are wearing down. Onuora challenging the Bahamas as we head

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over to the changeover with Bahamas leading. Brown takes the baton and

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Canon Bahamas hold off Kelly Massey on their shoulder? That is not

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somebody I would want on my shoulder. More experience. Brown is

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watching out as Massey has moved in front so Bahamas had that huge

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advantage after the first part of the race but Kelly Massey with all

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her experience, a four-time medallist at major events, the

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32-year-old has looked at the screen, the Nigerians coming around

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at the outside. Plenty of experience to catch Massey, this is going to be

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a close finish because the Nigerians are going to take it. Massey is

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tired. And the Canadians finishing strong. Nigeria take it. Great

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Britain and second and the Bahamas have been run out of it down in

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fourth. Nigeria with a strong finish, which means it is the

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quartet who took the honours and a seasons best, Great Britain taking

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the second automatic qualifying position, Canada and Bahamas holding

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on. Despite featuring just one of that Olympic gold medal winning

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line-up Natasha Hastings, USA were in a league of their own, looking to

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defend their unbeaten run in the event. Poland also impressed, they

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have never won a gold medal at the World Relays but a powerful sprint

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finish by European indoor gold-medallist signalled their

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intent to end that in the final. They and the USA will be joined by

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fellow automatic qualifiers Jamaica, Australia, Nigeria and Great

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Britain, Botswana and France the quickest of the finishers. That

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should be a fascinating final later, as was the Rio Olympics 400-metre

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final last year. South Africa stormed to victory, setting a new

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world record in the process, it was quite simply breathtaking. Also in

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that race was Matthew Hudson-Smith, of Great Britain.

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Matthew, you get to come to some pretty amazing places when you are

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an athlete? But there is a serious job to do? Yes, it is the world

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relays and everyone is on their A-game. I am really looking forward

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to it. It will be a stepping stone. This is something to get excited

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about! Paradise Beach. We are next to the hotel so good recovery. Talk

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about 2016. It was a historic final to be part of? Yes, I think that was

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probably the most terrified I have ever been in my life. I remember

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literally, it went blank and going to about 150, and everyone basically

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getting on my shoulder and going past. I thought, I cannot come last

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in the Olympics so I started sprinting. When I came across the

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line and saw the time I thought, that is all right. It is a new world

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record! Words cannot describe how mad it was. From 2015 when they said

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I possibly needed surgery and I might miss Rio to get into the

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final, and being in a world record race, to say the least was a bit

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amazing, it was a testament to my coach and everyone around me. We

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have just got to perform on the day and the Bahamas, World Championship

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relays is a great opportunity to bring some people in and start from

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fresh. Is there any great rivalry between the boys and girls? We are

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all right. Apart from Christine always beating me up but I take it!

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Character building! She says it is character building but I say it is

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bullying! Fighting talk! She will beat me up! Someone will see this

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and text her! Matthew Hudson-Smith will lead off the GB team who won

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bronze in 2015. After the controversial disqualification at

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the Olympics, this line-up feel they have something to prove in 2017.

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This is the line-up for the 4x400 metres relay. The Bahamas with their

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youth and talent will be in lane seven. A strong team from Great

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Britain led by Matthew Hudson Smith in lane four. Away they go. Look out

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for Mattioni in lane seven. Daniel Harper having to work really hard to

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keep pace. Hudson-Smith of Great Britain is going well in lane four.

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They will come round towards the front straight. And the Golden night

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of 2012 working really hard. Hudson-Smith is pushing hard. The

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Canadian Harper is really starting to trial. The first handover is

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tight. It is Belgium and the Bahamas. It is the race we expected.

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Good legs by the Bahamas and the Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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team. Matthew Hudson-Smith has handed over to Delanno Williams. It

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is the British athlete who take them down the back straight. France now

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in second place. Williams is moving and the Bahamians have problems with

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Pinder. He has lost three or four metres on the inside of the track.

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Williams comes into the home straight. France are in second place

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at the moment. It is the first two from each heat who qualify. This

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race has a long way to go. It is intriguingly poised with Great

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Britain leading from France. The baton is handed to Jarryd Dunn, the

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UK indoor champion. The Belgians are catching up as well. Jarryd Blair

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and has taken the lane kind of wide. The French athlete has a plan that

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position if he wants to go on the inside. It will be a tough race. The

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Bahamas are getting back in this. Andretti Bain has recovered somewhat

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for the Bahamas. The French were halfway there at the start. He is

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really working hard in the last 50 metres. We go to the final handover

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and the baton safely transferred to the Ed Campbell. -- to Theo

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Campbell. It is only the front two who qualify. Look at the fly is

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different. Theo Campbell, a former triple jumper down the back straight

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-- look at the size difference. This is a big deal for the young British

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man. They will automatically qualify. The Bahamians are making

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the charge. Is it too late to get into the first two? Even Gardner has

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had a real go. Watch Gardiner coming in for third. It is France to take

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it, Great Britain second. The Bahamas are third. France winning

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the first heat in this 4x400 m relay. Wade Van Niekerk Confirmation

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of the results. The USA have won gold in the event

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at each edition of the world relays that Trinidad and Tobago showed 2017

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could have a different outcome, edging their encounter. In the final

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heat, Botswana, thing at Rio 2016, finished clear of a Jamaican line-up

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which included two silver-medallists from last year's Olympics. It was

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inevitably all change in the final with the strongest nations battling

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together. Britain would have it all to do after qualifying with the

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slowest time. Coming up, the men's 4x100 metres. Justin Gatlin anchors

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strong quartet. It might be the Olympic bronze-medallist, but the

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British 4x400 m team will have to go a lot quicker if they want to beat

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the Olympic gold-medallist in the USA. And then is the turn of the

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men. The American team will be anchored by LaShawn Merritt. Can the

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British men get on the podium after just qualifying for the final?

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Relays feature a number of events not usually seen at major

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championships and the four by 800 metres is one of those. The USA

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defended their crown, Belarus took silver and Australia the bronze.

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Another non-Olympic event is the 4x200 metres. The women's race was

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all about Jamaica and in particular, Elaine Thompson. The breakthrough

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sprinter of Rio 2016 powered clear of heard Jamaican rivals to claim --

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her German rivals declaimed Jamaica's first gold of the event.

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What is this like, is it different? It is kind of different but when we

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came out here in the heats, to advance in the finals, we came out

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here more confident to go out there and win. How has your life changed

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in the last 12 or 18 months? The success you have had in the

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Olympics, your profile has gone through the roof. My life has been

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changed. I have a responsibility, especially to the younger kids. I am

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being more responsible, the things that I do, what I say and how I

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dress. My life has been changed a lot.

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As you can see, the Jamaican fans are here to cheer on Elaine Thompson

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and Yohan Blake. The superstar is Usain Bolt. He will not be here. He

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has decided to finish his career in a race at the London championships.

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Steve Cram has been to find out more.

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Hello again. Good to see you. Go on in. It is not as simple as it is, I

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have done what I want to do. I have done great in the sport. People just

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want to see more and more, but you as a person have to decide, this is

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it. I do not want to continue and at the end I start losing because I

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hate losing. Is there a bit of trepidation? You will always be

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nervous, definitely. But I am also excited to move onto a different

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chapter of my life, try something new. I have a bet with my managers.

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They give me two years before I get a belly! I cannot let that happen!

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You can hear more of that interview in a special programme.

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The atmosphere here tonight is incredible and it is about to get

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even crazier. Next up is the men's 4x100 m final. Despite an impressive

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heat, the British team made a change to their line-up. Adam Gemili out,

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rising star Ojie Edoburun in. This is the line-up. It is a strong

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one. The elusive prize is the Jamaicans are not in that eight

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strong line-up. You will be looking at the talent of the urging

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Canadians and the power of the United states team.

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40 seconds to decide gold. The United States have gone out well.

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The Canadians chasing hard. The first changeover, good and clean

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from Great Britain. They are hauling outside them. The Canadians will

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have a bit of work to do. The handover from Britain is good at

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well. Daniel Tolbert. Look at the Chinese starting to put the

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accelerators down. It is all set up for the final leg. The British have

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made a mess of it but the Americans are clear. It is Gatlin all the way.

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It is Justin Gatlin for the United States of America in 38.4 three. It

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is gold for the US. It was billed as the big contest between Justin

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Gatlin and Andre De Grasse. It would not materialise. The Canadians were

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gone, the British were gone, the gold is for the US. But what a race

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full of drama. The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team were flying.

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Ojie Edoburun, the youngster, was put on the last leg. The changes

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were made. It looked like he went off too early. There was no chance

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he would get it in the takeover zone. This was a race that

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ultimately came down to some errors. Confirmation of another gold for the

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United States. Justin Gatlin bringing them home. I think tonight

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shows you have got to be a better and to stick around. We have two

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young rookies on the scene who are running fast. They want to get the

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job done. They want to solidify a legacy after we have gone and

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retired. I am happy for them. I think going into the next couple of

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months we will keep that energy going and going to London and the

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finals and hopefully the podium. We gave it our best effort. It is

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difficult to say. I am proud of the guys. It is the first time we have

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come together as a team. It is a good camp, it has been a great team

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spirit and we will move on from it. We always do. We come back stronger.

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As hard as it is to do it at the world we live, we have got the World

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Championships and that is what we will work towards. Disappointed. It

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is not a nice feeling. As Danny said, it is about the bigger

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picture, the world champs. I am confident we can get the job done.

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It is lessons we have to learn but unfortunately have to learn it here.

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A new day meant new medal opportunities. But it also brought

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new challenges. There is wind and rain here proving it is not always

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perfect conditions in the Bahamas. Earlier I caught up with the GB team

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to find out what life is like on tour.

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Hi, I am Emily Diamond. And I am Kelly Massie. We won bronze in 2016.

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And this is where we are staying. This is the pool area where we like

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to relax after training sessions or get some sun. There are some table

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tennis tables we like to play out. I was going to say to whack the ball

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around! Thank you for watching, I hope you enjoyed our guide. Idiot!

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The USA are the reigning champions and progressing from the heat was a

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mere formality for the team featuring two Rio Olympics

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gold-medallists. World Champion Jamaica were in the

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second heat. It is Jamaica and Germany, battling it out for victory

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in the second heat. The race is on for third place. Jamaica and

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Germany, Germany take it, Jamaica second. In lane five, the Italians

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take third place. The Italians were disqualified, allowing Brazil to

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sneak into the final. The British team withdrew ahead of the event

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because of injuries, the major medals to be contested between the

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United States, Germany and Jamaica. What a run by the Germans, proving

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anything can happen with conditions as they are at the moment. That

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final later, first, the women' 4 x 400m. Great Britain qualifying with

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the second fastest time, but boosted by the inclusion of Christine

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Ohuruogu. It is always great to experience different parts of the

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globe, that is one of the great things I can do in my sport, we get

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to travel all the time. The venues are not always in pretty

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parts of the world like this, but when we do get a chance to come

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here, it is nice that you get a chance to visit places you would not

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usually visit. It is a great opportunity to come together as a

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team. And also, as we begin the season, to start preparing to

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London. We have one new addition to the team. A youngster who, it will

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be great for her to be part of the medal winning Relay team of last

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year. And it would be great for her to learn from the rest of us. People

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generally go through the same experiences in that pressurised

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situation. And I think the most important thing I have learnt is

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just to try and do my best to keep the athletes can't because I know

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that with me, if you get flustered and you think a mile a minute and

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you cram too much in, you can't really focus. So I really try and

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get them to stay calm and focus on their job and what they need to do,

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and don't worry about the rest of the team and letting the team down.

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Do not carry extra pressure other than the fact you go out and do your

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job properly. That generally does help dealing with new or younger

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athletes in the team. Ohuruogu holding on to take the

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Bronze for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We could never

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secured a medal at the Olympics so to win with this team, I would not

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say it sparked a new era in the 400-metre Relay running for us, but

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it gave the girls a sense of real belief. And there is more to come,

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Tokyo in a couple of years. The girls will be more than experienced

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in dealing with being in Olympic finals and running as a team. And I

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think they have a lot to look forward to, really exciting future.

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Jamaica in three, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, seven. They are

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the Olympic medallists. That is the Jamaican contingent, hoping their

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strong squad -- squad can bring points and prizes.

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So the USA want this -- won this in 2015 and they are looking to defend

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their title. As expected, France's of the USA has gone out hard for the

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Americans. She has already made the stag in the first 200m against the

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Polish runner. I did like the guts of the Polish athletes yesterday.

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You can't let Phyllis Francis shake loose and give the USA a big lead or

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you will never catch up. America going well, George of Nigeria going

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well. Diamond in the mix for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. And it

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is the USA who take the baton. This is the longest leg. Ashley Spencer,

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for the USA. She took world indoor silver in Portland last year and she

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sweeps into the back straight in the lead. She is a 400m hurdler and she

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opened in the 400 and took over in the 400m with a new coach. Close

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proximity of 4 x 400m running, with space at the front for America,

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland and second. Also running well after

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a good season. Jamaica on a charge. McLauchlin chasing down Laivia

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Nielsen and Poland back in the mix. Third leg for the USA, and

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exceptional indoor season, winning -- running the fastest time in the

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300m, and she's running away with it. There is a battle behind Quanera

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Hayes. Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Jamaica, Ellie Doyle

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holding the inside line on the Jamaican, Chambers. The battle

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continues. The USA leading the way in this race. Quanera Hayes coming

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down into the home straight, handing over to the multi-medals winning

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Natasha Hastings. Jamaica in third. This is what the USA does to you in

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this race, they decimate you and they run away from you. That up by

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Phyllis Francis. Giving it to the golden one, Natasha Hastings.

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Natasha Hastings down the back straight, the back is too far back,

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that is Olympic champion from 2008, Christine Ohuruogu. She is taken at

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the moment by Stephenie Ann McPherson. America going to get the

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eight points and the $50,000, but Jamaica pulling away with Stephenie

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Ann McPherson, in the silver medal position. Christine Ohuruogu being

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challenged by the Polish team. Poland slot into a medal position.

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Ohuruogu tries to fight back, but America have gone, they are the

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champions in the 4 x 400m, Jamaica being challenged by Poland. Poland

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get the silver and Jamaica the Bronze. The Americans were gone

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after the opening leg of Phyllis Francis, but what a run by the

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Polish team! But once again, team USA, France's, Spencer, Quanera

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Hayes and Hastings, too strong in the final. Poland is did the same

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thing in the heats. They closed like a freight train. I like their guts

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and determination, the Polish team. Tasha Hastings blows a kiss, Phyllis

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Francis gives others a jerk. Confirmation of the 4 x 400m, gold

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for the USA, silver for Poland and a Bronze medal for Jamaica.

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Fourth is the top is placed finish, but you can take positives from that

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run? Yes, every race, we want to win, of course. But this

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Championships is not so important about positions, it is a case of

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getting the likes going again and kicking of the season and getting

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back into the rhythm of 4 x 400m. To finish fourth, we would have loved a

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medal, but it is a positive start for everybody. What are you learning

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from being part of the squad, with a lot of experience here? Yes, it is

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nice to slot into a Bronze medal winning team, I have learned so much

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from these ladies and looked up to them for so long and they have

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welcomed me as a new member and they have taught me the lessons. Just so

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pleased we came away with that. How tough was today in terms of the

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conditions because it is wet in parts of the track and I was

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scuffling going on? Not ideal conditions, but we are in the same

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situation so you have to deal with it. We're used to British conditions

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so it is all right for others! Used the rain. There will not be many

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more major events, how are you enjoying this and the experience of

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being out in front of a crowd like that again? I have grown up really

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enjoying relays and I have progressed to the sport really

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enjoying the camaraderie of being in 18. I will miss this. I am really

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proud of the girls. They always show up. Give them a simple instructions,

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everybody does their job and we are all smiling, which is good. More

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athletics coming up on the BBC to keep you smiling. There is the Usain

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Bolt documentary followed by the first of this latest session of

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Diamond League meetings. Before all of that, can the fall --

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can the 4 x 400m men's team won over the USA? How will the surprise

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quartet of Germany fare against Rio 2016 silver-medallists USA and

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Jamaica? And the last race sees the men racing against the women and

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women against men, the intriguing mixed 4 x 400m Relay. The 4 x 800m

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is the longest and most gruelling event of the programme and the men's

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final involved an epic battle between 2014 winners Kenya and

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defending champions the United States, Clayton Murphy powering

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clear to get a six -- a second successive gold. Next is the final

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of the men's 4 x 200m final. Confirmation of the finalists.

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United States have never won this event at the World Relays, the

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Jamaicans have won two times. Jamaica will be roared on by the

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home crowd, and what have Canada got to offer, and who else could come

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from the crowd? When it all finishers, there are

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flame-throwers and we will have fireworks first. Jamaica has gone

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out well. But Noah Lyles has started impressively for the United States.

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A good first 200 from the Jamaicans. Look at the changeover, that was

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good from Jamaica. Julie dead end to going well on the outside. And look

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at Jarrion Lawson for the United States in lane six. Impressive from

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Jarrion Lawson. A big stagger on this race and we watch the

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handovers, Jamaicans looking like they are in a good position, the

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Bahamas away and the United States off. Around that bend with Jarrion

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Lawson, Noah Lyles handed it over and Lawson streaks away. Jamaica on

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the inside with it Heinz. It is still tight. Still so much to be

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decided. Jamaica working hard and the Canadians are going really well.

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On the inside. This is Canada, the United States in seconds. It is

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going to beat Canada with gold, a surprise with the United States in

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second, what drama and finish! They surprised everybody at the end. They

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really good third leg from Andre de Grasse. And Aaron Brown has had bad

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memories at World Relays and this is very good. Confirmation of how it

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finished. And the Canadians are, gold-medallists at the Institute,

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edging out to the United States. Jamaica with third. One final medal

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transforms Great Britain in the men's 4 x 400m, it is missing Martyn

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Rooney, the three-time Olympian, who picked up a niggle, but the line-up

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is strong. Matthew Hudson-Smith, my event is

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the other 4 x 400m. Quanera Hayes, I run for Enfield and

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Haringey. My event is the 4 x 400m. In my personal best is the 45.42. I

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run for Birchfield Harriers, Jarryd Dunn. My personal best is 45.09.

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Theo Campbell, I run for Birchfield Harriers. Intel's! My 400m

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personal-best is 46.02. This is the line-up for the men's 4

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x 400m Relay. The USA defending the title they won here in 2014 and

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2015. Danger from Botswana, Great Britain performed well in

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qualifying. And in lane seven, Jamaica on the outside.

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The gun goes and they are away cleanly from the start. Hudson-Smith

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has got the Jamaican Pinder outside him and Hudson Mathies has gone

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well. -- Hudson-Smith has gone well. It looks like a decent start from

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Peter Matthews. From the looks of things, the Botswana 's have decided

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not to load up their mixed relay. We have a long way to go. Approaching

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the first handover. Great Britain have done pretty well there. They

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are pretty even with the Jamaicans. The United States with Sony McQuay

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racing. He is having a really good look behind him. He knows he has got

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the Jamaicans settling in. The Botswana and is now trying to make a

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run for it. The United States have got a good lead. We will see how

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they can hang on. The Americans have given up Elizabeth ground but a good

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run. Jarreau Richards has run really well for Trinidad and Tobago and

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they are in second place at the moment. The United States have the

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baton in hands of Kyle Clemens now. He takes it round into the back

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straight and he has got them chasing. The Jamaicans working

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really hard as well now. Martin Manley in there. He has done really

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well. Trinidad hanging on. Manley did a great move. Watch out for the

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Botswana and team. They are in fourth position. Clemens brings them

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down the home straight. There is a four way tussle at the moment for

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gold. Who will we see? Will the experience of LaShawn Merritt do the

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job or will it be youthful style and towel and? LaShawn Merritt has been

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there and done it. Trinidad and Tobago is in there as well. What a

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race. Here comes Sibanda. The Jamaicans cannot keep up with them

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at the moment. Steven Gayle has lost a couple of metres. Merritt is

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holding off Sibanda. He has done this before to bring the United

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States the gold. What a finish! It is Merritt for the United States. He

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holds off Sibanda. Jamaica will get the bronze. Once again America get

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the gold. It is now three-time champions in the 4x400 metres.

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Confirmation of the results. The Botswana and split up a real battle

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but they held them off in the home straight.

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Massive congratulations on the gold medal. You want to send out a

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message today? We always want to put together a great team and run well.

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Let me get the baton and do what I do. I was feeling good today. I kind

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of set the pace going out. I wanted to kick at the end and see who was

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going to go with me. Someone tried to go with me but I held them off

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and I am pleased about that. This event is great and it is a great

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crowd? It is. This is the third time we have been to the Bahamas and won

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gold. Want to keep it up. Is coming up where we will get together again

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as a relay and hopefully put on another show and get another gold. I

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guess what happened at the Rio Olympics, there is a lot this squad

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wants to do and prove yourselves on this track? We believe we can mix

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with the best in the world and we believe we can push the Americans

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and we have shown today that we have made the final. I just want to say

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thanks to the medical team. If you know what has gone on

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behind-the-scenes, I am lucky to even run today. I was in a bad way

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this morning so I am thankful to the medical team for getting me just fit

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enough to run today. There is a lot more to come. I am running myself

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fit again after a dodgy couple of weeks. We have a couple people out

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with a little niggle like Rooney. I think it will be a lot more

:50:58.:50:59.

dangerous when it comes to the worlds. A lot more tweaking but

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there is definitely more to come. The line-up for the women's 4x100

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metres relay here in Nassau. The United States and Jamaica together.

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Away they go. The United States will be looking to get a strong start.

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They are in lane three. Watch the first handover is. Don't forget,

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Dafne Schippers will be there. She has really put the accelerated down

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for the Netherlands. We may well have lost the United States you

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know, very early on. I think we have lost the USA. The battle is on now

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as Jamaica will come round the home straight. And also outside it is the

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Germans. China in there as well. Here come the Jamaicans. It is gold

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for Germany, silver for Jamaica and China with the bronze. Drama as the

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USA bowed out very early on in that race. They did not get the baton

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round. The Germans did. And it is gold for these delighted German

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girls. Let's have a look at this. Keep an eye on America there. Oh,

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she tripped. She has led off the Americans on the lead leg at the

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last two Olympics when they have one gold. Well, we will be interested to

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find out if she slipped on the wet track, if she has been injured.

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Let's look at the Germans here. How often can you say Germany going

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head-to-head in the relay. They were outstanding in this heat to qualify

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for the finals. Look at that. Oh, yes, a German win at the world

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relays. $50,000, absolutely superb from the German team. Confirmation,

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Germany, world relay winners. I am here with four women who could

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not be any happier right now. Congratulations, that must mean so

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much. Thank you, I think we cannot be happier than now. It is a dream

:53:40.:53:45.

country. I do not know what to say. It was crazy tonight, really crazy.

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The team looked a little emotional on the podium. Yes, very. A dream

:53:52.:54:01.

comes true, world champion, unbelievable!

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Now, the next 4x400 metre event is new to the world relay event. The

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International Olympic Committee are keen to see more competitions with

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men and women competing together. No British team for this one but the

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hosts Bahamas fielded a strong line-up with the hope of finishing

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with a flourish in front of their home fans.

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So, the gun goes and the crowd roars. Down the back straight the

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world leader goes. It is interesting, all eight teams decided

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to run men on the first leg. This is a great strategy from the Bahamians.

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They have run their fastest guy on the first leg to give them a lead.

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Stephen Gardner will have a good lead. The Botswana are going well on

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the outside. The raw comes back. A battle is brewing for second. The

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crowd are all about their Olympic champion and believe they have

:55:29.:55:33.

created. Make it easy for your third and fourth leg. That Bahamians are

:55:34.:55:39.

well out in front now. It is theirs to lose. This was to be expected in

:55:40.:55:45.

terms of the lead. The crowd are cheering and chanting. There answer

:55:46.:55:52.

in the air. Look at the lead that even Gardner and Shaunae Miller-Uibo

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how. This is where we will have something really interesting, women

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running against men in this relay. We will see if the women can catch

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up. Here comes the USA. They are trying to track down the Bahamian

:56:19.:56:28.

runner. Trinidad and Tobago in third. The American will hand over

:56:29.:56:41.

to Claudia Francis Miller leg. This is going to be a fantastic finish.

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The USA, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya. The final leg.

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Claudia Francis is the younger sister Phyllis who won earlier. Can

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she hold off Michael Matthew? Here he comes. Michael Mathieu is chasing

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down the Bahamian who has got the momentum. He has got heroin his

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sights. The crowd are going absolutely wild. -- he has got her

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in his sights. The Bahamas time it to perfection. The Bahamas take

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gold. USA pick up the silver and Jamaica the bronze. Is there a

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better way for the 2017 IAAF ITC World Relay Championships to finish

:57:52.:57:55.

with than with a victory for the Bahamas?

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Confirmation of the 4x400 m relay with men and women. Gold for the

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Bahamas. This is what it all means. The

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golden bats and is heading to America. 60 points amassed over the

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weekend. Jamaica second and Australia third.

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This party looks set to go one way into the night here in the Bahamas.

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The British team do not have any medals to celebrate but this was all

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about experience and trying out new tactics head of the IAAF World

:58:36.:58:38.

Championships in London. For now, that is all from the

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Bahamas. Next, we are off to London. Usain Bolt! He has done it! She is

:58:49.:58:57.

the champion! It is a new British record! A new world record! Sophie

:58:58.:59:04.

Hitchon, what an effort! Elaine Thompson has Olympic gold! It is

:59:05.:59:14.

huge! A new British record! David Rudisha will win the world title!

:59:15.:59:20.

Laura Muir now, she has smashed the British record! Mo Farah wins the

:59:21.:59:22.

gold! The country's best chefs

:59:23.:59:27.

go head-to-head... The old gloves are off now,

:59:28.:59:32.

aren't they? ..for a chance to cook

:59:33.:59:34.

at the Wimbledon Banquet.

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