A Jury of Appeals granted a protest by the United States on the outcome of second heat of the women’s 400-meter relay, in which the U.S. relay was disqualified after dropping the baton. “I tried to hold it together to get it to English.”Felix said she wasn’t injured, “just very upset.”The other members of the relay team were Tianna Bartoletta and Morolake Akinosun. The U.S. men’s 400-meter relay team successfully got the baton around and won its heat in 37.65 seconds to advance to Friday’s final. Soon after the women’s relay incident, Kerron Clement of the U.S. won the men’s 400-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 47.73 seconds. Boniface Mucheru Tumuti of Kenya was second in 47.78 seconds, with Yasmani Copello of Turkey third in 47.92.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 18, 2016 15:33 UTC