ENLARGE English Gardner and Allyson Felix, right, of the U.S. drop the baton in the first round of the women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the Rio Games. The U.S. team will face a time trial to qualify for the final after successfully protesting their disqualification. Photo: Matt Dunham/Associated PressRio de JaneiroThe U.S. women’s 4 x 100 meter relay team botched a baton hand-off in the first round of Olympic competition here and will re-run the event in a time trial this evening for a position into the final. Allyson Felix and English Gardner dropped the baton between the second and third exchange of the relay and were initially disqualified from the race. Felix said afterward she felt contact from another team outside of her lane, and USA Track & Field filed a protest of the result.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 18, 2016 16:05 UTC