Major track and field victory for DR

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican relay team has won the bronze for the 4 x 100 meters relay in the 2008 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships that took place in Valencia, Spain - a major victory. The US won the gold with a time of 3:06.79 (James Davis, Jamaal Torrane, Greg Nixon, Kelly Willie), while Jamaica won silver with 3:07.69 (Michael Blackwood, Edino Steele, Adrian Findlay, DeWayne Barret), and the DR was right behind with 3:07.77, a new national record. Representing the DR were Arismendy Peguero, Carlos Santa, Pedro Mejia and Yoel Tapia. Poland, Great Britain and Russia followed. The victory augurs well for the Dominican team's prospects in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

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