Harries fell as he was trying to hand over the baton to Yousif in the 4x400m relay final MATTHIAS HANGST/GETTY IMAGESIt was probably fitting that a troubled World Championships ended with a fluffed baton exchange, a missed target and a spate of soul-searching. Great Britain fell short of the UK Sport medal target of 7-9 medals after dramatic 4x400m relays. By the end of the ten days they had five medals. The British 4x400m women’s team were briefly upgraded to bronze after an appeal JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGESThe men only got halfway round their relay last night before Toby Harries and Rabah Yousif failed to exchange the baton. A full-time financial analyst, he had to take time off to compete here and…

Source: The Times October 06, 2019 23:02 UTC