The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

LED by a pair of individual Olympic medallists, Team Jamaica won gold in the Women’s 4x200m and set a new World Relays record in the process.

Olympic 200m champion Elaine Thompson powered down the final leg uncontested for the Jamaicans en route to the win in a meet record time of 1:29.04 seconds.

Team Jamaica also included Olympic 400m bronze medallist Shericka Jackson, Jura Levy and Sashalee Forbes.

Team Jamaica botched the exchange in the event in 2015, but this squad left nothing to chance with a dominating performance on each leg. “We came out and passed the baton around good,” Thompson said. “There was no pressure, we came on the track and do what we do. We made sure we secured a spot in the finals earlier tonight and just came and do what we do.”

Levy executed an impressive first leg and Jackson blew the event wide open once she got her opportunity. “When I saw Jura coming around, it motivated me because I wanted to get the baton in front, I wanted to be so far away from the other competitors, so my plan was to run as fast as I could and get the baton to Sashalee and by this time we were way ahead and by Elaine got it, it was all over,” she said.

The German team won bronze in 2015 and improved their standing this year to a silver medal with a time of 1:30.68.

The team of Lara Matheis, Tatjana Pinto, Rebekka Haase and Gina Luckenkemper finished just .10 behind the US in the heats, and outran them in the final.

The USA was third in 1:30.87.

Trinidad and Tobago finished fourth in 1:32.63 and Nigeria closed out the top five in 1:33.08.

The Bahamas did not enter a team in the event.