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US relay team loses Olympic gold on final stretch of 4x400 mixed relay

Razorback sprinters Kaylyn Brown and Amber Anning helped the United States and Great Britain claim the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
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Femke Bol, of the Netherlands, celebrates as she anchors her team to win the 4x400-meter relay mixed final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 3, 2024.

SAINT-DENIS, France — Femke Bol of the Netherlands reeled in three runners over the last half lap Saturday to give her country the Olympic gold medal in the 4x400-meter mixed relay.

Bol, whose best race is the 400 hurdles, ran her final lap in 47.93 seconds and the Netherlands won the race in 3 minutes, 7.43 seconds — .31 clear of the United States.

Bol pulled a similar stunt last year at world championships in the women's 4x400, rallying from well behind late to earn a gold medal. That came after she tripped and fell in the home strech of the mixed relay, where she was making up ground on the U.S.

The Americans put the same team out Saturday as they had the day before when they set the world record at 3:07.41.

They were tied for the lead with Belgium when Bryce Deadmon handed off to Kaylyn Brown for the anchor lap. But Brown could not hold off Bol, who has the sixth-fastest time in the world this year in the 400 flat.

Bol will be back on the track Sunday for the opening round of the women's 400 hurdles.

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United States runners pose for a photo as they celebrate their silver medal performance in the the 4x400-meter mixed relay at the 2024 Olympics.

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