Canadian women’s 4x400m team promoted to Commonwealth gold medal

The final event of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the women’s 4x400m, delivered all the drama.England’s jessie knight beat canada Keira Constantine Despite reaching the line by a thousandth of a second, Team GB was later disqualified for a lane violation on the first switch and Canada was upgraded to Gold.

It was Canada’s first gold medal in the women’s 4x400m relay at the Commonwealth Games in 36 years. Constantine’s contingent, Micah Powell, Natasha McDonald When Ayanna Steiburn They earned their redemption after two consecutive 4th place finishes at the 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Championships.

The Canadian team sat in bronze medal position when McDonald handed the baton to Constantine for the anchor leg. natya ghoul, Constantine and Knight went head-to-head in the final 100 meters, with Knight lunging at the line to win.

What a finish! 😳

England initially beat Canada to win gold in the women’s 4x400m relay, but were disqualified for possible lane violations.

Canada won gold, but England appealed pic.twitter.com/3NGZ6hYNqS

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 7, 2022

Victoria Ofluog, Jody Williams When Ama Pipi He celebrated with Knight and a local crowd at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.

However, upon review, judges found that Williams’ foot had run out of lane during his first changeover with Ofluog, resulting in the disqualification of the team.

I am a minor infringement by Jodie Williams. I don’t think it matters how minor the infringement is.Rules are rules, aren’t they, Sir Keeah pic.twitter.com/fntLGOy5bA

— TimForAlI 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@timmyvoe) August 7, 2022

Canada moved up to gold, Jamaica to silver and Scotland to bronze.

Team Canada wraps up Athletics at 2022 Commonwealth Games for four gold1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals.