Olympics-Athletics-U.S. men finally end gold drought with relay triumph

[ASFN Admin]

TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States men's team won their first gold on the track at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, clinching the 4x400 metres relay by a huge margin to end a drought that had sparked fierce criticism back home. The U.S. team of Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin took the lead early and surged ahead of their challengers to take victory in a season's best 2:55.70. Netherlands took the silver medal in a national record time of 2:57.18 and Botswana claimed the bronze.

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