Botched changeover leads to embarrassing elimination for British women at the World Relays in Japan The British women's 4x100m relay quartet were eliminated on Saturday Ashleigh Nelson set off early before overcompensating failing to make change The men's 4x100m team ran the best time in the world this year to win their heat The men's and women's 4x400m also qualified for their relay finals in Doha
By Riath Al-Samarrai for MailOnline
Published: 16:28 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 16:54 BST, 11 May 2019
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The British women's 4x100m relay quartet suffered an embarrassing elimination in the heats at the World Relays in Japan on Saturday after a botched changeover.
The four of Kristal Awuah, Desiree Henry, Ashleigh Nelson and Daryll Neita were expected to make Sunday's final comfortably, with 11 relay medals between them across Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth Games level.
But after Awuah and Henry got the team off to a solid start, Nelson set off too early before
