2021 Women's 4X400m Relay Final, World Athletics Relays : Silesia Chorzów, Poland

well, we come to the penultimate event of this second day and of these, the fifth edition of these

world

relay

s, the

women

's four by 400 meter

relay

, the netherlands start in lane nine, what a strong team they have, they are the champions of Europe on an indoor track. for just a few weeks in toront here in

poland

germany the same team in the same order as yesterday in the qualification nadine will take the baton for them belgium third best in the classification they go in lane seven noble jargon in this team she We did the match of leg for them yesterday in their series, so who will be the leading athlete for the Belgians from Poland?

Well they were the champions, all winners two years ago, beating the USA and they were the second best in the series and they have a very strong team, in fact, great britain also sixth in 2019 without zoe clark in this quartet, we have seen a race ready, but they have four strong, cuba, the fastest in the classification, the same team in the same order in which they established a

world

advantage in their series 327.9, they are in four, the italians occupied third place two years ago and what day they are having the same team as yesterday, they were classified not automatically, although yesterday they only came third in the first series and France will be in lane two of the within a quartet totally different from the French, I think that their attitude was that the job was done, they reached this

final

, they reached the Olympic games in Tokyo with only that, so they changed the team to give four more athletes missing, but the Dutchwoman behaved well with the

women

's cabal in the third section.

The current European indoor champion, who was only 21 years old a few weeks ago, yesterday ran the fastest stage in the heats with 49.81 and seems enthusiastic. I know some experts think she could go below 49 today here, obviously we'll give you that information, but this promises to be a big challenge, doesn't it? Jenny Netherlands vs. Poland vs. Great Britain vs. Cuba the fastest in qualifying, it's really very well balanced and the Cubans looked impressive, but I've actually been looking at the start list and it looks like the Netherlands are really taking this serious event. Yesterday they had a great quartet in the mixed event but it looks like they are actually really focusing on the men's 4x4 and women's 4x4 as individual events, just Pacific gender events and they have really made sure that their strongest athletes are in both quartets, so we have the ball, we have Dewitt, we have intelligence. and we have a sling camp for the Dutch team and I think they and the Cubans will take it to the line.

The Cubans were very impressive yesterday and let's see what happens, but Femi Ball has just been there. a revelation in the last two seasons, she now she is in the world top 10 of all time in 400 meters hurdles, she won that European indoor title and yesterday she did 49.81 seconds. Let's hope that the Cubans take them very close to the line and she has to run a minimum of 49 seconds. It would be great to see the world's number one 40m hurdles clock last year in Kabul and we know she is special. The British team Lavia Nielsen amma pp Emily Diamond and Jesse Knight.

A slight change in the order. There, can the Cubans repeat their form? from yesterday zorian factvaria we will send them off, they established the world lead in the heat, we may see that improve today although, as I say, here up in the stands, the wind has certainly increased in the last few minutes, I wonder. what it's doing down there on the stadium floor, they are quite protected in this wonderful stadium, but it will no doubt be spinning a bit, I wonder if it will be in favor of the athletes, well, there is an indication that they are pretty. protected at track level it would seem that at one end maybe not at the other it will be a factor there are only nine the dutch camp of ava hoeven will lead his team, hand it over to de vita femme cabal in the third stage and leave caclava in the section

final

for them, Germany enters eight, my God, in the initial section for them, Belgium and seven blows of cow comet in the first leg, then Poland in the interior, the winners two years ago beat the United States, they go in six , great britain in five. lavia nielsen in very good form recently saw her other great britain in five, cuba go in four madevari the same team in the same order they were fastest in the series, then italy in three, they were third two years ago and france go in lane two with a total Of course, a different team runs with fresh legs; the French quartet, Italy and Poland, were third and first two years ago respectively, Great Britain, only sixth two years ago in Yokohama, but, looking at their line-up and the experience in it, one would expect them to be perhaps a place or two better than that at least to make the women's 4x400 meter relay the final event for women of the weekend france in two italy three cuba four great britain five

poland

six belgium seven germany eight and the netherlands look at them from the outside in the lane nine An extraordinarily long delay again for the athletes, they are in their blocks but they are leaving and that has ensured that I am supposed to be fair, not a single full start all weekend, Jenny will accuse me of taking risks for the athletes again, but that's all. going very well at the moment and doing well in the seventh street is the belgium pauline kaiker, who was 52-1 in the second leg yesterday for belgium, she has had a storm here, she has beaten gonska of germany and, in fact , hovind camp for the netherlands is leaving them with a little work to do from here on out, yesterday only ran 53.5 in the camp for the netherlands closer to the camera, she's finishing strong, but check this out almost side by side on the other, these five teams in the final stretch in lanes five, six, seven, eight and nine.

Yes, it is always difficult to know at this stage who is really ahead. I would say it is Poland, from Great Britain, from the Netherlands, as all the runners in the second stage are heading. This is Emma Pippi, now from Great Britain, she is an athlete with a lot of experience in recent years. years studied in America they run many

relays

there and the Polish athlete also this is a hollow colic she has really experienced many medals world European and Olympic medals in

relays

she is followed in third place there by the Cuban Al Manza best known in the 800 meters but as they are things are great britain with pippi poland cuba germany is still out there italy going well the world leader is right next to the british athlete nielsen's brilliant leg to open the british account pippi who ran the first leg yesterday is going strong here will hand over the power with a couple of meters ahead before the polls and Cuba in third place Italy will move to fourth place Germany and fifth Netherlands in six have a lot of work to do at this moment halfway, but Great Britain here well, he could too be in front, let the others chase you, they have to run well in the turns and a lot of experience in those Emily Diamond legs, she ran the 4x4 mix yesterday she ran an excellent diamond leg 51 51-86 was her division she is moving well right now the poles in second place look dangerous and the netherlands starting to close in fourth place, this is what we expected, isn't it?

Femi Ball and if you look at the title just above the left side of the screen. There are meters that each team is behind the leader and it is still Great Britain holding on and here comes the Cuban athlete and Femi Ball to the line while they give way to the last runner, the three athletes started at the same time. Time Jesse Knight for Great Britain just staying within that fabulous Fem Kabul close there as Emily Diamond struggled for the last 30 or 40 metres, but Great Britain led from the Netherlands to the powerfully built Lika Clava who ran in the four by four mix yesterday 51- 6 on his shoulder he is dwarfing the little great britain that is doing well in third place it is still cuba hot on the heels of the leading couple which is roxanna gomez for cuba ran 50.9 yesterday in the stretch of Anchor will he be able to overtake the British and the Dutch here on the straight back home 100 meters to run Great Britain leading there is nothing in that and look at the Cubans Roxanna Gomez Storms here crossing strongly the poles also what final stage of Natalya Katzmanek is going to be Cuba Poland and Great Britain take third place and the Dutch took off, they are in the final stretch finishing in fourth place outside the podium positions, but what a race there, a historic race by Roxanna Gomez, I am dying for watching it split, they were fastest in qualifying and critically faster today when it matters most.

The winners are Cuba, their time 328.41 is not as fast as yesterday but that doesn't matter Gomez's fabulous final stretch it is very difficult to watch these scenes and not even get excited hivera with tears in her eyes there they actually took the victory in this and Gomez was impressive not only on that leg, but he's not even breathing, it looks like he could have continued a few more meters, he sure wasn't stretching to that line and we can see. What this means for all athletes. This will be a significant victory for them on the road to Tokyo and their preparations.

Well, there is a team to pay attention to. The story will be told in its entirety as we look at the divisions of the various female athletes. certainly, bringing the Dutch back into contention as if the lava couldn't finish them off in that final stretch, they were fourth fastest in the series and fourth today in the final, the Dutch, but Cuba are the winners of Poland, Great Britain, the French. Well , we knew that they had put together a team that was not their best team, they finished in eighth place, behind Belgium. I'm just looking at Laos.

You had a very busy weekend there, didn't you? It was in the heat and the end of the women's mixed and four-by-four races, I think she's been around this track four times this weekend and the Poles always produce the goods, don't they? Many of the athletes on that Polish team were not. The names they were used to are not household names, but they did very well and of course Great Britain have won Manchester in recent years. Well, here's Britain's second change at the helm right now with Emily Diamond exiting. The third leg with a good lead ahead of Poland and the rest, but uh Diamond, has just been overtaken by Cuba and the Netherlands and at this point, the Netherlands are in second place, although certainly, jessie Knight in last leg, the anchor leg for Britain. he did very well, they told that bad internal line that he could not resist Gómez, although he established the world lead in the qualifiers and that is still the world lead for Cuba, they take the victory, they are delighted that forty thousand dollars divided between that Cuban cordette for first place 20,000 for second and 10,000 for the British quartet in third place the prize money by the way is reduced to include eighth place, you can see what it means for the Cubans, no I think money is on their minds right now.

Jenny, at the end of your career it is the medals, the titles, the championships you win and the victories that really matter and this is a great victory for the Cuban team in an Olympic season. Everything has a little more meaning, it doesn't have a kind of It does and these are the events that you train for, you know, on those cold winter nights, this is what it's all about, you know, you don't often dream of ending up in the top, you just focus on what is. It will take me to get there, but these are the moments you have to enjoy in your athletic career and we can see great scenes there of Polish athletes.

They continue to produce these athletes year after year, and as soon as you see. That Poland is, in any case, you know they are going to have a strong team and it is great that some of the younger players, well, Poland were champions two years ago, they settled for the second day, they are so consistent with the buttons on hand. but cuba is the winner today in the women's four by 400 meters really 328.41 winning by three or four meters after being amazed