Paris Olympics: U.S. men win 4×400 in Olympic record time.

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Botswana's Letsile Tebogo and US' Rai Benjamin compete in the men's 4x400m relay final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 10, 2024. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP) (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Rai Benjamin holds off Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo to win gold for the U.S. in the men’s 4x400m relay. (Photo by Jewel Samad/Getty Images)

SAINT-DENIS, France — The U.S. men’s and women’s 4×400 meter relay teams did more than just sweep Olympic gold on Saturday night.

They also cemented Paris 2024 as USA Track & Field’s most successful Olympics in 40 years.

Shortly after 9 p.m. Rai Benjamin took the baton in first on the final leg, then held off a charge from Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo — winner of the 200 on Thursday — to win the men’s 4×400 relay in Olympic record time of 2:54.43 — .10 ahead of Tebogo.



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