SAINT-DENIS, France — The athletics portion of the Paris Games ended with the United States crossing the finish line, the opponent distant in the rear view, in a display of superiority.
Just as it was for most of the week.
The U.S. women’s 4×400 relay team, the final track event at an epic Olympics, blazed to the gold medal with a time of 3:15.27. Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes put together a dominant performance illustrative of American track and field’s dominance in the 33rd Olympiad.
Unsurprisingly, it was McLaughlin-Levrone who flipped the race with a blistering lap in 47.71 seconds. The second-fastest leg — by anyone — was
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