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Team USA finished out the track and field events with three gold medals, including the women's 100-meter hurdles ... Both the men's and the women's relay teams won gold in the 4x400-meter relay ...
Team USA has enjoyed far more success in the 4x400 relay than the 4x100 relay. Botched handoffs and exchanges have notoriously plagued the U.S. men in the 4x100, and the team’s issues came to ...
Despite Wilson's rocky debut, the Americans finished third and advanced to Saturday's 4x400 final after posting a time of 2:59:15. Team USA's Quincy Wilson looks on during the men's 4 x 400m relay ...
The American college team was anchored by Fitzroy Dunkley who ran for Jamaica here. Trinidad and Tobago, medallists at both the last Olympics and World Championships, were the next strongest team. Other teams entering with fast quartets were Jamaica, Great Britain and 2016 European champions Belgium. [2] As in 2012, the heats produced some drama.
The U.S.’s time of 2:54.43 broke the Olympic record in the men’s 4x400 relay. Benjamin’s heroic anchor leg means Wilson, the 16-year-old phenom, will leave Paris with a gold medal.
Over the next leg, Josh Mance brought the American team into contention, with the two teams separating from the rest of the field. On the final straightaway, Pinder extended the lead slightly, his relay split of 43.3 credited as the 7th (now 9th) fastest relay splits in history.
Going into the meeting, the USA 4 × 400 metres team hadn't lost at a major championships in over seven years. Britain, by contrast, hadn't won a gold medal in the event since the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The British team made a tactical change, switching their top runner Roger Black, expected to be the anchor leg runner, to the first leg. The ...
The makeup of the mixed 4x400-meter relay team was a source of intrigue leading up to Friday because of the possibility that 16-year-old phenom Quincy Wilson could make his Olympic debut.Wilson is ...