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Jamaica upsets US in women's 4x400m relay at Worlds

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IANS Beijing

Jamaica upset Olympic champions United States to win the world women's 4x400 metres relay final here on Sunday.

Novlene Williams-Mills overtook Francena McCorory with 10 metres to go as the Jamaicans clocked three minutes, 19.13 seconds, the world-best time this year, beating their rivals by 0.31 seconds.

Britain took bronze in 3:23.62 minutes at the Bird's Nest stadium.

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First Published: Aug 30 2015 | 6:46 PM IST

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