#Doha2019: Jamaica into women’s 4x400m final
Jamaica won
Heat One of the preliminary round to advance to the final of the women’s 4×400
metres relay at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday.
Jamaica
finished the event in 3:25.78 minutes, which was a world-leading time before
the United States of America erased it in the following heat with 3:22.96 to
win.
Poland was
second to Jamaica in 3:25.78 minutes with the third and final automatic
qualifier for the final from the group being Canada, with a time of 3:25.96.
The
Netherland, however, also made it to the final as one of two non-automatic
qualifiers, which is based on time. They ran 3:27.40.
In the second
heat, the USA won ahead of Great Britain, which did 3:24.99 minutes with
Ukraine finishing third in a season best of 3:26.57. Belgium qualified on time
with 3:26.68, which is a national record.
