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USA won their eighth consecutive Olympic title in the women’s 4x400m, earning gold in Paris with the second-fastest time in history.
Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes teamed up to win by more than four seconds in a North American record of 3:15.27.
The Netherlands, anchored by Femke Bol, came through to take silver in a national record of 3:19.50, while Great Britain claimed bronze in 3:19.72, also a national record. Ireland also produced a national record, 3:19.90, but finished just outside of the medals in fourth.
With memories still fresh of their loss to the Netherlands at last year’s World Championships and this year’s World Indoor Championships, the USA didn’t want to leave anything to chance. Shamier Little, silver medallist in the mixed 4x400m at the start of the Games, got the USA off to a strong start with a 49.48 split, putting her team almost a second ahead of the Netherlands, led off by Lieke Klaver (50.25).
SOURCE: WORLD ATHLETICS
