The time splits in the 4x100 are nuts.
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/r...y/fnl-000100--
Canada was 6th after the first handoff. The next Canadian has the 3rd best time in his leg and Canada was 4th overall. The third Canadian was then 3rd best in his leg for time and Canada was 3rd overall at that point..Degrasse was 4th best time is his leg but Canada was first at the end.
Japan and Italy were 1 and 2 through the first 3 legs for splits and positions, but their anchor runners were 7th and 8th best in the final leg. Aren't the anchor runners supposed to be the fastest? What a dual choke job.
Basically those teams lost it becuase of that wild discrepancy on the final leg and Canada with 4 more or less steady runners, with average times, won it.
Basically average and consistent speed wins the race!
The British and SA anchor runners tied for the fastest final leg and brought their country up from 6 and 5th respectively to 3rd and 2nd with the 2 of 3 WWII Axis powers, failing miserably when it mattered.