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Olympics: USA wins women’s 100m hurdles, men and women’s 4 x 400m relay, Basketball gold medals

Olympics: USA wins women’s 100m hurdles, men and women’s 4 x 400m relay, Basketball gold medals

 

The United States of America’s Masai Russell clinched the gold medal in the Women’s 100m Hurdles final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Also, the USA won gold medals in the Men and Women’s 4 x 400m relay at the Paris Olympics.

Russell finished 100m hurdle race 12.33 second to upset the favourite, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who is the Olympic defending champion.

Cyrena Samba-Mayela of France came second to win the silver medal in a time of 12.34 seconds, while Camacho-Quinn won the bronze medal in a time of 12.36 seconds.

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan could not make it to the final, having come third in one of the semifinals of the race in which only the top two qualified.

Russell, 24 is the U.S. NCAA Record holder in the 100m hurdles. She holds personal best of 12.25 seconds over 100m hurdles which is tied for 4 of all time, 7.75 seconds over 60 metres hurdles, which is 13 of all time and 54.66 seconds over 400 metres hurdles.

She finished first at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 metre hurdles with a time of 12.25 (PB) to qualify her for the Olympic Games in Paris.

Also. in the Men’s 4 x 400m relay final, the USA stormed to gold in an Olympic Record time of 2:54.43, while Botswana won the silver medal in an Area Record time of 2:54.53.

Great Britain won the bronze medal in an Area Record time of 2:55.83.

In the Women’s 4 x 400m relay final, the USA’s quartet of Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes stormed to gold in an American Record time of 3:15:27.

The USA again defeated France 98-87 to win the gold medal in the Men’s Basketball at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

It was an explosive match as the French side showed that they were serious contender for the gold and matched the Americans in every department.

The ingenuity and proficiency of Team USA won.

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