Tokyo Olympics day 7 - Thursday 5 August

[Occasional Hope]

The US teams may not have had much time to practice given that they didn't have a pre-Olympics holding camp, plus they tend to keep on changing their lineup, so at least one dropped baton is a possibility.

Mind you, so is it for us...

[MysteryBrick]

Philip - Lansiquot - Asher-Smith - Neita for the women. Looks right to me, and surely the best 3-4 combination GB has ever had.

[alfie]

Looks the right line-up. If DAS is OK and able to run anywhere near her best they have a great chance...

[Christy93]

Always wanted to see Dina on that top bend, and she ran a blinder. I'd leave her there even when back to full fitness. Lansiquot seemed to be closing down on Morrison too - She's a much better athlete when you take blocks out of the equation. Very encouraging run.

[alfie]

Nice start to the day 😁

[MysteryBrick]

If GB get the baton round it's bronze at minimum, I think. Jamaica will almost certainly be miles ahead on pure speed, and the USA have strength to bring in.

[Sprintfan]

New National Record - Womens 4 x100. 41.55!. US n Jamaica behind in first heat

[trickstat]

Morgan Lake clears 1.93 second time which I think puts her 11th at the mo.

[alfie]

Borthwick over 1.93 at third try. Still 17 left in so up to 1.95...

[trickstat]

Emily Borthwick equals her PB with 1.93.

Thanks to the IOC website, I've discovered that her and Harry Coppell are an item.

[SprintRelayFan]

She was commenting about him on Twitter tonight. I like the pair of them 😀. Incidentally Naomi ogbeta and Kevin metzger have got engaged

[trickstat]

Lake clears Auto Q of 1.95.

There are currently 12 over this.

[trickstat]

Crouser opens with 22.83.

[trickstat]

Emily Borthwick exits with a reasonable attempt at 1.95. 14 qualifiers cleared that including Mahuchikh, Lasitskiene and the other main suspects.

[trickstat]

Pichardo 17.61 opener and then repeats it!

[alfie]

So Lake is one of 14 to qualify. Borthwick out but with a PB of 1.93 she's done all you can really ask. Looking forward to this final , a few possibilities for the top step...