Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final - 1992 Olympic Games

gwen torrance going for her second gold medal of the night as she competes in the four by 400 relay so gwen torrance already ran a terrific anchor leg on the four by 100 to give the u.s the gold tonight she won the gold in the 200 meter dash earlier this could be her third gold medal of these games important to point out that she'll run the second leg taking the baton from this woman natasha kaiser kaiser ran an excellent leg yesterday in the semi finals and she has a lot on her shoulders she has to get out and try to get the u.s team into the lead lead off leg for the unified team elena ruskana and to the members of that world record-setting team the last two legs of this relay will be competing tonight [Music] unified team clearly the most experienced team in this race united states though last year in the world championships was a surprising team ran over the expectations for them [Applause] there's natasha kaiser of columbia missouri third in the u.s trial should run the lead off leg handing to gwen torrance gerald miles of gainesville florida will run the third leg and the anchor rochelle stevens of memphis tennessee the u.s trials winner in the 400 meters coach barbara jacket says that the lead off lake has to be someone who can maintain pace and have good judgment a person can't go out too quickly and die jeopardizing the whole team's hopes unified team in lane three is favored elena rusina running the lead off leg and for the u.s it's natasha kaiser unified team with much more experience at the international level see the us team third from the left of the screen natasha kaiser out well kaiser is running well as they're into the turn for the home stretch and kaiser has already started to make up some of the stagger on the australian team who are outside running against a tough runner from australia kathy freeman so she's running a good leg right now now this lake is entirely in lanes torrance will take the baton in the lane run the first turn in lanes and then cut for the inside and i believe that's why they chose torrance to run second leg barbara jacket the coach wants to take the lead on the second leg gwen torrance is the fastest american 400 meter runner this year yuta rolander of germany gave the german team a lead after the first 400 leaders kaiser running just over 51 seconds and torence is going to have to run aggressively here if she's going to get the lead when they cut in gwen torrance in the middle of your screen as they cut out of their lanes and the unified team in the green has taken the lead oj simpson mentioned when covering gwen in earlier events that she's been using the 400 meters to develop her strength she ran 49.64 at the recent nice track meet fastest time by an american this year and gwen torrance has given the u.s the lead zagalava of the unified team is second and from canada charmaine crooks is third gwen torrance has given the u.s the lead she hands the baton to gerald miles and miles ran an excellent leg in tokyo when she was out front just like this she ran 49.24 in tokyo so she's the kind of runner who can run from the front that's why they put her here barbara jackson says you've got to maintain what you've got on this third leg 49.2 for torrance on her leg excellent running hogan the zarava of the unified team who was a member of that soviet team that set the world record in seoul is giving chase to gerald miles of the us the zarva was fourth in the 400 meters earlier this week so she has more flat foot speed than jerome miles but miles has been holding the lead so far miles still in front but nazar of a closing ground those two are together gerald miles of the us the zarava of the unified team anchor leg coming up rochelle stevens of the united states and olga brisbane of the unified team and a slight lead for stevens the key for stevens is to take the lead and press it down the back stretch griezmann one of the most experienced anchor women in history anchored that four by 400 meter team in seoul and beat flojo the longer stevens can hold her off the better chance she's going to have of winning the race stevens still has the lead free is going to have the unified team a second they're into the turn rochelle stevens told me she has a 48 second run in her legs she hasn't shown it all season but this is the moment of truth now to the home straight away on the inside rochelle stevens of the us olga brisket of the unified team now moves alongside gonna inches ahead stephen's trying to hang on the unified team anchored by olga please gonna wins the gold the u.s takes the silver and great britain claims the bride good running for rochelle stephen she did it the only way she could freeze into one of the best finishers in women's 400 meter running history that was the expected result but the american team ran well above expectations for each of them [Music] you saw some disappointment perhaps on the face of rochelle stevens but in retrospect it was a good performance by the ust the us the former soviet union and the former east germany traditional rivals in this event there will there is no more soviet union this is the last time there'll be a unified team obviously no more east germany so the future may be bright for the american 4 by 400 meter relay the favored unified team wins the gold in the women's 4 by 400 meter relay 320.20 the us takes the silver and great britain the bronze

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Published: Wed Mar 31 2021