Tokyo Olympics day 7 - Thursday 5 August

[LuckySpikes]

Are our 4x4 women going to get out of that heat with that team? It seems 50-50 to me. Maybe a fastest loser spot?

[SprintRelayFan]

Five of them over 4.50 first time.

[SprintRelayFan]

Oof, and a second failure for stefanidi

[SprintRelayFan]

And Nageotte!

[Occasional Hope]

Good start for Holly.

[SprintRelayFan]

Poles looking good. 325.06 gets the GB girls into the final....

[trickstat]

As long as they get at least 4th place! If they come 5th they will need 3:24.76.

Possibility of Kaczmarek coming in for Poland?

[trickstat]

Stunning last 100 by Veitia for Cuba in heat 1 of the 4x4.

[SprintRelayFan]

Stefanidi clears at the third attempt. Early nerves I guess.

[SprintRelayFan]

As does Nageotte. That would've been a real disaster for the US

[Occasional Hope]

Nageotte is struggling, that's a surprise. But she looked a lot better on the third attempt.

[trickstat]

Opening height jitters are quite common in PV but more so when athletes come in well after the competition starts.

[speedyg]

The Poles have such a strong tradition in the 4X400m. Would it be the end of the world if their team ever underperformed in a championship??

[SprintRelayFan]

was that changeover ok? Laviai looked a bit far over.

[trickstat]

We were 3rd at 200 so she was in the right position.

[Iain27]

Well done Yeargin - really scrapped through there

[carterhatch]

yes, Yeargin really showed determination, even though they didn't need the 'big Q' in the end ... will be very, very tough to medal.

[Occasional Hope]

Yeargin held off Bol on the line, well done.

[trickstat]

Good finish by Yeargin to pass Canada and hold off the charging Bol. As it happens all 3 got through. Just means we might get lane 8 out of 9 if we're lucky!

3:23.99 without Jodie and Ama is decent.

[SprintRelayFan]

Really good work. Will be interesting the splits. I'd have thought Williams in for Clark, but we'll see.
Potential for a medal, but the POles are obvs in very good shape, and the Cubans have come from nowhere.
Stefanidi looks rusty

[trickstat]

I attempted splits off the TV (I am a qualified timekeepr) and my estimates are 51.6-51.1-50.7-50.6.

I suspect Williams and Pipi will come in for Diamond and Clark?

[SprintRelayFan]

Seems to make sense

[LoveSprints1]

Where are the splits published? Expected to be able to find them. Yeargin ran very well

[SprintRelayFan]

aargh and holly misses...
Sidorova looks amazing