Relay team bag bronze for Britain

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Christine Ohuruogu, Marilyn Okoro, Lee McConnell and Nicola Sanders clocked three minutes 20.04 seconds to finish third behind the USA and Jamaica.

The American quartet clocked 3:18.55 while Jamaica set a national record of 3:19.73 to land silver.

Great Britain posted the fourth fastest time in the heats, but as expected individual 400m gold medallist Ohuruogu came into the team at the expense of Donna Fraser.

Ohuruogu led off with a strong opening leg to hand Okoro a narrow lead, but 200m winner Allyson Felix powered through the second leg to open up a comfortable cushion as Great Britain slipped down to fourth.

Great Britain remained fourth with McConnell running a strong third leg and their chances of a medal looked slim until individual silver medallist Sanders powered off the final bend to edge out Russia.

Okoro, normally an 800m runner, told BBC1: "I was just trying to keep in touch so we had a chance, it's the best team we've had for a while and I was pleased to back up my performance from Saturday."

Sanders added: "These girls did brilliantly and kept me within reach. I knew the Russian tired at the end of the individual 400m, I just had to be in touch and go for it on the home straight."

McConnell admitted the individual performances of Ohuruogu and Sanders had raised the stakes for her and Okoro.

She added: "Nicola and Christine did fantastically in the individual event which did put us under a bit of pressure but we were happy to do it and join them and get another medal."