USA women storm into 4x100m relay final

Gabby Thomas. Pic/AFP

Sha'Carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas, the newly crowned Olympic 100 and 200m champions, steered the United States into the final of the women's 4x100m relay after winning their heat on Thursday.

Also Read: Lyles in pursuit of Oly treble

Melissa Jefferson ran the opening leg, with Twanisha Terry taking the baton down the far straight. Terry's handover to Thomas wasn't as smooth as it could have been, however, handing the advantage to Germany.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever