PARIS — America gained the gold medal within the Olympic girls’s 4×100 meters relay on Friday, their twelfth title within the occasion ,after Nice Britain botched their closing change.
The U.S. group of Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Paris Olympic 200-meter champion Gabby Thomas and Sha’Carri Richardson clocked 41.78 seconds after getting the baton across the monitor with no mishaps.
Britain could not say the identical.
Main the U.S. by means of three legs, Amy Hunt struggled to get the baton into Daryll Neita’s hand in pouring rain at Stade de France. Neita misplaced all her momentum, however nonetheless introduced Britain dwelling in 41.85 for silver.
Germany claimed bronze in 41.97.
The U.S. have dominated the occasion with 12 Olympic titles, however misplaced to their nice rivals Jamaica on the Tokyo Video games.
–Reuters, Particular to Subject Stage Media
