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Livingstone's Hayes Helps USA Capture Gold At IAAF World Championships

Staff and Wire Reports

LONDON – The Team USA women's 4x400-meter team was in such a class by itself at the IAAF World Championships that anchor leg Phyllis Francis looked like she was racing the camera vehicle instead of the rest of the field.

Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley and Francis won by the largest margin of victory in world championships history – male or female – to capture the first Team USA gold medal in the event since 2011. The United States won silver medals in 2013 and 2015.
Hayes, a Livingstone alum ran the first leg for the USA team.

Team USA finished with a time of 3 minutes, 19.02 seconds, followed by Great Britain in 3:25.00 and Poland in 3:25.41 as the IAAF World Championships closed Sunday night at London Stadium.

That translated to a distance of about 50 meters.

The previous greatest margin of victory for the women's relay was Team USA over Jamaica in 2009 (3.32 seconds) and for the men's relay was Team USA over Kenya in 1993 (5.53 seconds).

Team USA posted the fastest time in the world this year. The previous best was Team USA's semifinal time of 3:21.66.

This event has always been a Team USA specialty. The United States won three straight world medals in the 4x400 from 2007 to 2011 and has won six Olympic gold medals in a row.

Team USA has won 12 medals in the event at the world championships, four more than Jamaica, which has eight.
 
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