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US wins men's 4x400 relay gold at Beijing Olympic track

The United States won the gold medal in the men's 4x400 metres relay on Saturday in the last athletic event on the Beijing Olympic track.

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  • Published: 17:41 August 23, 2008
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Beijing: The United States won the gold medal in the men's 4x400 metres relay on Saturday in the last athletic event on the Beijing Olympic track.

The American quartet of LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville and Jeremy Wariner clocked a combined time of two minutes 55.39 seconds.

Bahamas, represented by Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams and Christopher Brown, finished second in 2:58.03.

The Russian team of Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Kokorin and Denis Alexeev were third in 2:58.06.

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