The Swiss women’s 4x100m relay narrowly won its ticket to the final of the Worlds in Eugene. Géraldine Frey, Sarah Atcho, Salomé Kora and Ajla Del Ponte qualified on time with the 8th and last time of the 1st lap. Lore Hoffmann, on the other hand, failed by nothing in the semi-finals of the 800m.
The bet taken by coach Adrian Rothenbühler, who had decided to rest Mujinga Kambundji, therefore paid off. But it was close: Géraldine Frey, Sarah Atcho, Salomé Kora and Ajla Del Ponte took 5th place in the 2nd series of the 4x100m in 42″73, 0″20 better than China (9th) .
The Swiss quartet – in which Kambundji should replace Atcho in the final on Saturday evening (at 04:30 on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Switzerland) – will probably have to clearly beat the national record (42″05) to grab the podium. have achieved 41.56 in the playoffs, Great Britain 41.99 without leader Dina Asher-Smith, and Jamaica’s “B” team 42.37.
Hoffmann 29 hundredths from the final
Deprived of the final for 0″10 at the Olympic Games last year, Lore Hoffmann experienced the same heartbreak in Eugene. The Valaisanne finished as in Tokyo in 9th place in the 800m, after taking 4th place in the last half- She certainly set her best time of the season (1’59″88), but she missed it by 0”29 to qualify on time.
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