"It's just we put a lot of work and effort into this and we believe we're the best quartet in the world and we wanted to display that when the time comes." Mitchell-Blake was consoled by Kilty (right) after seeing gold slip through his grasp "Apologies if I seemed ungrateful at first," said Mitchell-Blake, whose frustration was clear after he was pipped on the line having led until the final metre.
Mitchell-Blake's disappointment was in contrast to Italy's glee as they secured a fifth athletics gold of the Games, following Marcell Lamont Jacobs' 100m victory, Gianmarco Tamberi's high-jump success and a pair of race walk titles. Great Britain seemed set to clinch their first track and field title of the Games when Richard Kilty built on excellent opening legs from CJ Ujah and Zharnel Hughes with a superb bend.īut Mitchell-Blake, who memorably held off American world champion Christian Coleman to secure world gold in front of a home crowd four years ago, was overhauled by the less-celebrated Tortu in the final strides. Mitchell-Blake (right) suffers an agonising defeat on the line as Filippo Tortu finished fast for ItalyĮlaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson were joined by Briana Williams in a team that lived up to their status as red-hot favourites, winning in 41.02 seconds, well ahead of the United States. Earlier, Asha Philip, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita took a repeat of Rio bronze.Ī Jamaican team with all three of the 100m individual medallists took gold.
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