Botswana’s Medal Hopes Pinned On The 4X400m Relay Team

The nation’s medal hopes in the Rio 2016 Olympic‪ games will be pinned on the 4X400m relay team which will be in action in the wee hours of Saturday morning at 0210hrs (CAT). Botswana will be in lane 2 in the first heat. The first three (3) in each heat will qualify.

Start List

Lane 1: Colombia, National Record 3:01.16
Lane 2: Botswana, 2.59.95
Lane 3: Japan, 3:00.76
Lane 4: Jamaica, 2:56.75
Lane 5: USA, 2:54.29
Lane 6: Poland, 2:58.00
Lane 7: Trinidad and Tobago, 2:58.20
Lane 8: France, 2:58.96

There are two heats.
First 3 in each heat Qualify Automatically to the final.
The next two fastest times will book a place in the final.