Rio de Janeiro: The United States&rsquo; 4x100m women&rsquo;s relay team won their solo race against the clock to book their place in the Olympic final on Thursday.
<img title="This series of pictures show USA&rsquo;s Allyson Felix failing to hand the baton to teammate English Gardner during the relay. PICS/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/20-Allyson-Felix.jpg" alt="This series of pictures show USA&rsquo;s Allyson Felix failing to hand the baton to teammate English Gardner during the relay. PICS/AFP" />This series of pictures show USA&rsquo;s Allyson Felix failing to hand the baton to teammate English Gardner during the relay. Pics/AFP
The American quartet of Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner and Morolake Akinosun clocked 41.77 to eliminate China from today&rsquo;s final.
&ldquo;It was different, it was really weird. Running without competition is just strange,&rdquo; Felix said.
It completed a surreal day for the reigning Olympic champions, who had earlier been left facing disqualification after a dropped baton exchange between Felix and Gardner in the morning heats. The American women were thrown a lifeline however when replays showed that Felix had been knocked off-balance by Brazilian runner Kauiza Venancio as she prepared to hand off to Gardner.
The US team filed a protest and race officials duly disqualified Brazil but ruled that the Americans must run again, in a highly unusual solo flying lap.
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The United States&rsquo; 4x100m women&rsquo;s relay team won their solo race against the clock to book their place in the Olympic final on Thursday.

Rio 2016: US relay girls run solo to qualify for 4x100m final

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The United States&rsquo; 4x100m women&rsquo;s relay team won their solo race against the clock to book their place in the Olympic final on Thursday.

Rio 2016: US relay girls run solo to qualify for 4x100m final

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