On the eighth day of athletics action at the Rio Olympic Games, Great Britain and Northern Ireland won a terrific bronze medal in the women's 4x100m relay, breaking the British record in the process.
Led off by Asha Philip (Steve Fudge), who is the oldest in the team at just 25 years of age, the quartet were in the mix from the off. Desiree Henry (Rana Reider) chased double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson hard down the back straight, before Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie) ran a great bend to hand over to Daryll Neita (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo) in third place.
At just 19 years of age, Neita stayed calm and ran a great final leg to secure bronze in 41.77, a new British record. USA took gold from lane one, with Jamaica securing silver.
This was in fact Britain's first medal in the event for 32 years, following on from London 2012 where the women had no relay representation, where Henry lit the Olympic cauldron and Asher-Smith was a mere kit carrier.
Post-race Asha Philip said:
"It has been amazing it has been a long journey for us and we have come a long way as a team with the help of the National Lottery, our coaches, our friends and family. They have put so much support into us and they made us believe that we could do it. Those girls are extremely fast but we can only get faster. Congrats to these girls because they are amazing."
Dina Asher-Smith added:
"We have worked so unbelievably hard - we have had relay practice since January! This means an awful lot because not only have we worked hard to get faster as individuals, we have worked hard as a team. To be able to come out here and deliver the goods when the pressure is on is absolutely incredible. I'm so unbelievably proud of all of these girls."
