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Christopher Bailey (born May 29, 2000) is an American track and field athlete. He has won medals at the 2024 Olympic Games , the Athletics World Championships and World Athletics Indoors Championships in the 4x400 metres relay .
Chris Bailey's gold medal for the US in 4x400-meter relay highlighted performances of Tennessee alumni in Paris Olympics
Christopher Bailey had to run all out for most of the anchor lap, only having the opportunity to relax once he had clearly passed Kentaro Sato of Japan to secure the third automatic qualifying position for the team behind Botswana and GBR. Bailey split 44.0, so all three runners who would run in the final the next day had hard splits in their legs.
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.
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 men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2024.. The winning margin was 0.06 seconds which was the first time the men's 4x400 metres was won by less than a tenth of a second at these championships.
Rai Benjamin confidently told USA TODAY Sports the U.S. men’s 4x400 relay team “got something for” the competition in the final. He was correct.
The format utilizes one set of heats qualifying the top 8 into a final. The United States holds all the championship records in this event. For both the men and women, the record has been held since 1993 with a time of 2:54.29 for the men and 3:16.71 for the women.