PARIS — Before track and field got underway at the Paris Olympics on Friday, the members of the U.S. mixed 4x400-meter relay team openly discussed how fast a time they’d need to run just to make the podium.
“We talked about that it was going to take a record to win a medal,” Shamier Little said.
The Americans eclipsed the world record just like they hoped — just a day earlier than they expected. The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown won their heat in a time of 3:07.41, smashing the previous record of 3:08.80 set when the U.S. won gold at the world championships in Budapest last year.
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