Make it six for Allyson Felix. She anchored the US 4x400-meter relay team to a win to earn her sixth Olympic gold medal. She kicked home in the final 200 meters to bring the U.S. another gold medal in 3:19.06.
Olympics 2016: Allyson Felix and Team USA win gold medal in women’s 4x400m run
Allyson Felix anchored to win her sixth gold medal.
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It wasn’t the only sixth of the night -- it was the sixth straight 4x400 relay win for the U.S. team. They’ve been unstoppable in the event, last losing in the Olympics in 1992.
Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Phillys Francis and Felix made up the gold-medal team.
The Jamaican team finished second and Great Britain was third.
Okolo handed off the baton just in front of Jamaica, and Hastings blew the race open. The lead shrunk under Francis, but she handed the baton to Felix in the lead, and Felix brought it home.
Felix just missed out on individual gold after a perfectly timed dive from the Bahamas’ Shaunae MIller just beat her in the individual 400 meters. It wasn’t quite the year Felix had hoped for -- she was hoping to double in the 200 and 400, but injured her ankle in the lead-up to the Olympic Trials -- but an Olympics with two gold medals and a silver is one heck of a consolation prize.
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Felix missed gold in 400 meters after competitor’s dive
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